Charles Barkley Quotes - Page 3

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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.

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, White, People

  Charles Barkley (2002). “I May Be Wrong but I Doubt It”, p.34, Random House

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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.'

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, Pain, Kids

  Charles Barkley (2002). “I May Be Wrong but I Doubt It”, p.28, Random House

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• Preseason is just a way to screw fans out of money.

  Charles Barkley

  Way, Fans, Screws

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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.

  Charles Barkley

  People, Turn The Other Cheek, Turns

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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.

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, Growing Up, Kids

  "Late Late Show", October 22, 2004.

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• He'll never be Jordan. This clearly takes him out of the conversation. He can win as much as he wants to.

  Charles Barkley

  Winning, Nba, Want

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• 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 Barkley

  Dirty, Dark, People

  "'Brainwashed' blacks hold up success". Interview with Breeanna Hare, www.cnn.com. October 28, 2014.

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• You got to believe in yourself. Hell, I believe I'm the best-looking guy in the world and I might be right.

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, Believe, Guy

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• Thank God for Jerry Springer's show. I thought only black folks were that screwed up until I watched Jerry Springer.

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, Black, Thank God

  Charles Barkley (2002). “I May Be Wrong but I Doubt It”, p.107, Random House

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• Say, Cuttino. What are those Godawful clothes you're wearing? Man, this ain't Rhode Island anymore. You're in the NBA. The girls have teeth here.

  Charles Barkley

  Funny, Girl, Men

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• All I know is, as long as I led the Southeastern Conference in scoring, my grades would be fine.

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, Long, Would Be

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• I don't have time to put up with the politics. Who's a Democrat? Who's a Republican? Who's liberal? Who's conservative? Man, can my daughter just go to a school and not get killed? Can these people get a good job? That's what I'm concerned about.

  Charles Barkley

  Daughter, Jobs, School

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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.

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, Book, Giving

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• I don't believe professional athletes should be role models. I believe parents should be role models.... It's not like it was when I was growing up. My mom and my grandmother told me how it was going to be. If I didn't like it, they said, Don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way out. Parents have to take better control.

  Charles Barkley

  Mom, Sports, Growing Up

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• I'm really disturbed about the gay marriage thing. Because I think gay people should get married, cause it's their own business ... Because as a Black man, I think you've got to be against any form of discrimination.

  Charles Barkley

  Gay, Men, Thinking

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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.

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, Couple, Tired

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• I know a lot of people did a lot of heavy lifting to make me successful and I do everything in my power not to screw it up.

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, Successful, People

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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.

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, People, Helping

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• I'm not paid to be a role model. I'm paid to wreak havoc on the basketball court.

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, Role Models, Roles

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• I think you have an obligation to be honest.

  Charles Barkley

  Thinking, Honest, Being Honest

  "One-on-One: Charles Barkley talks LeBron, politics, Auburn". Interview with Nick Friedell, sports.yahoo.com. December 11, 2008.

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• Jerry Krause must have pictures of his boss's wife having sex with a monkey.

  Charles Barkley

  Sex, Wife, Boss

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• I don't believe athletes should be role models. . . . We're a one-shot deal, one in a million, so we should be the least likely role models. . . . I think one of the problems in society today is that we don't stress education enough, because we glorify athletes, actors and actresses.

  Charles Barkley

  Education, Stress, Believe

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• Half Man, Half Sit-Out-The-Season.

  Charles Barkley

  Funny, Basketball, Men

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• Everybody in New York thinks the Knicks are Playboy bunnies, and I have been telling them for years the Knicks are a rabbit. They're closer to a Playboy bunny this year but for the last few years these guys are like, 'We have a really good team!' And I say, 'You really think that?' And I say, 'No, they don't.' But this is the best team they've had in a while.

  Charles Barkley

  New York, Team, Thinking

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• I don't how anybody taller than 6-4 can sit in those seats. And the airline executives don't give a damn 'cause they never walk back there in the first place. I don't fly first class because I have a lot of money. I do it because I need the room.

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, Class, Giving

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