We’re just playing basketball. It’s not like we’re going out to have unprotected sex with Magic.
CHARLES BARKLEYBut when I see a story on welfare on television, they only show black people.
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I don’t believe professional athletes should be role models. I believe parents should be role models.
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I don’t think of myself as giving interviews. I just have conversations. That gets me in trouble.
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The meek may inherit the earth, but they wont get the ball from me.
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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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Yeah Ernie, its called defense, I mean I wouldn’t know anything about it personally but I’ve heard about it through the grapevine.
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Well, when I went off to college, the guys I used to hang with were pumping gas and voting Democrat. Today they’re still pumping gas and voting Democrat. Guess the Democrats didn’t do much for them.
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Kids are great. That’s one of the best things about our business, all the kids you get to meet. It’s a shame they have to grow up to be regular people and come to the games and call you names.
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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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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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I came to the realization a couple months ago that I am fat. If you get tired from walking – and that’s all that golf is – then you are officially fat.
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My initial response was to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized that I had no character.
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When you read the book you see that these guys aren’t holding any punches. They’re straightforward. They’re honest. They’re giving you their honest opinion.
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Listening to a woman is almost as bad as losing to one. There are only three things that women are better at than men: cleaning, cooking, and having sex.
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You can’t start a diet in the middle of the week, that’s just stupid.
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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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