These are my new shoes. They’re good shoes. They won’t make you rich like me, they won’t make you rebound like me, they definitely won’t make you handsome like me. They’ll only make you have shoes like me. That’s it.
CHARLES BARKLEYThere’s only 5 real jobs in the world. Teacher, fireman, policeman, doctor and somebody who is in the armed service. If you don’t have one of those 5 jobs, you shouldn’t take your life that serious.
More Charles Barkley Quotes
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People always say turn the other cheek. If you turn the other cheek, I’m gonna hit you in the other cheek too.
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I think you have an obligation to be honest.
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I don’t worry about playing basketball; that comes natural. I just want to have fun.
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People always say he can run and he can jump. So can a deer and you wouldn’t put a deer in the game.
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If you’re scarde to fail, you don’t deserve to be successful.
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White folks are not going to come to see a bunch of guys with tattoos, with cornrows. I’m sorry, but anyone who thinks different, they’re stupid.
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I remember sitting down with the Rockets and saying, ‘Yeah. I’m going to retire.’ They said, ‘Well, we’ll give you $9 million.’ And I said, ‘You got a pen on you?’
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You know it’s going to hell when the best rapper out there is white and the best golfer is black.
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What does politically correct mean? If you’re fat, don’t ask me if you’re fat, because I’m gonna tell you the truth. You’re fat.
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I just thank God for Dennis [Rodman], cause he makes me look like a saint.
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My message is simple: take control of your life.
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The older I get, the faster I was.
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People say I eat a lot. I really don’t. More or less I just eat all the time.
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I just wish all these young black kids would realize how significant it is to stop acting a fool out there, killing each other, not getting their education. You know, people have died to put us in a situation to be successful.
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I’m afraid of the skeletons in my closet. I’ve got a whole cemetery full of them.
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