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Charles Barkley Inspirational Quotes (102)

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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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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.
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I'm still going to Disney World.
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I don't hate anyone, at least not for more than 48 minutes, barring overtime.
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I was asked for years about being a Republican, probably because most black people are Democrats. My mother heard it once and called me and said 'Charles, Republicans are for the rich people.' And I said, 'Mom, I'm rich.'
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I think you have an obligation to be honest.
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Poor people have been voting for Democrats for the last 50 years and they're still poor.
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If a guy drew a charge on me, I tried to kick him in the balls.
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I think the biggest problem is parents are so concerned with being friends with their kids. You're not their friend. You're their parent.
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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.
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There's no medical term for what I've got.
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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.
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I always laugh when people ask me about rebounding techniques. I've got a technique. It's called just go get the damn ball.
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I just thank God for Dennis [Rodman], cause he makes me look like a saint.
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This place? Nothing positive. OK, I want to say something positive. It's positively a dump.
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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 wife's married. I'm not.
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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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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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Curling is not a sport. I called my grandmother and told her she could win a gold medal because they have dusting in the Olympics now.
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My message is simple: take control of your life
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I can be bought. If they paid me enough, I'd work for the Klan.
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We don't need refs, but I guess white guys need something to do.
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They don't let many black people in the governor's mansion in Alabama, unless they're cleaning.
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