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I'm just what America needs: another unemployed black man. (on his retirement from basketball)
Charles Barkley
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Charles Barkley
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: February 20
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More quotes by Charles Barkley
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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He'll never be Jordan. This clearly takes him out of the conversation. He can win as much as he wants to.
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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 don't listen to the refs. I don't listen to anyone who makes less money than I do.
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I'm not paid to be a role model. I'm paid to wreak havoc on the basketball court.
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I May Be Wrong but I Doubt It.
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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.
Charles Barkley
It's kinda great to see the Celtics doin well again cuz that was so much fun in my day to go to the Boston Garden and they spit at you and throw things at you and talk about your mom. It sounds like dinner at Kenny Smith's house.
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To me, there's only 5 real jobs in America: Police Officers, Teachers, Firefighters, Doctors, and the Military Service.
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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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Jerry Krause must have pictures of his boss's wife having sex with a monkey.
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I just wish all these young black kids would realize how significant it is to stop acting a fool out there, killing each other, not getting their education. You know, people have died to put us in a situation to be successful.
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It bothers me when I hear these reporters and jocks get on TV and say: 'Oh, no guy can come out in a team sport. These guys would go crazy.' First of all, quit telling me what I think. I'd rather have a gay guy who can play than a straight guy who can't play.
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I'm never embarassed.
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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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If you're scarde to fail, you don't deserve to be successful.
Charles Barkley
I didnt wear the pink panties because I didnt want America going crazy with excitement.
Charles Barkley
I'm not paid to be a role model, parents should be role models.
Charles Barkley
The older I get, the faster I was.
Charles Barkley
If you go out with a girl and they say she has a great personality, she's ugly. If they tell you a guy works hard, he can't play a lick. Same thing.
Charles Barkley
