The older I get, the faster I was.
CHARLES BARKLEYIf I weren’t earning $3 million a year to dunk a basketball, most people on the street would run in the other direction if they saw me coming.
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The main thing to do is relax and let your talent do the work.
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Just because you say something doesn’t make it controversial, and it doesn’t make you a bad person.
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I’m just what America needs: another unemployed black man.
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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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I have nothing against old people; I want to be one myself one day.
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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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Poor white people and poor black people just don’t know how much they have in common. Rich people don’t give a damn about either group.
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I just thank God for Dennis [Rodman], cause he makes me look like a saint.
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Unfortunately, as I tell my white friends, we as black people, we’re never going to be successful not because of you white people but because of other black people.
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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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My initial response was to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized that I had no character.
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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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I’m not a role model. Just because I dunk a basketball doesn’t mean I should raise your kids.
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If you’re scarde to fail, you don’t deserve 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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