When you’re black, you have to deal with so much crap in your life from other black people. It’s a dirty, dark secret; I’m glad it’s coming out.
CHARLES BARKLEYBut when I see a story on welfare on television, they only show black people.
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You know what I always say about basketball whenever anybody tried to tell me the Knicks are gonna be good: They’re old. Old people don’t get healthy. They die.
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Social media is where losers go to feel important.
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There’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.
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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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My message is simple: take control of your life.
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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 don’t worry about playing basketball; that comes natural. I just want to have fun.
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This is why I hate white people. You guys try to turn everything into a racial issue.
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I like to help poor people who got no chance. If rich people don’t, who will? Not other poor people, that’s for sure.
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When I speak to kids I tell them, ‘Hey, you think your parents are a pain in the ass now, but they’re going to get smarter as you get older.’
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If all babies are so cute, how the hell do we have so many ugly people in the world?
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I’m not paid to be a role model, parents should be role models.
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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 know I’m never as good or bad as one single performance. I’ve never believed in my critics or my worshippers, and I’ve always been able to leave the game at the arena.
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We don’t need refs, but I guess white guys need something to do.
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