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There's nobody you'd rather beat than your good friend.
Charles Barkley
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Charles Barkley
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: February 20
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More quotes by Charles Barkley
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 want her to understand that it's going to be a factor in her life. I just want her to know that (racism) does exist, and I want her to always be diligent, and if she sees it, address it and fight it.
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My message is simple: take control of your life
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I'm just what America needs: another unemployed black man. (on his retirement from basketball)
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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 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'm not a role model... Just because I dunk a basketball doesn't mean I should raise your kids.
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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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Sometimes I have to criticize guys to try to make it fun, I mean, I'm out there trying to bust other people. I want all these guys to do well, but when they do something stupid or don't play well, I try not to kill 'em, I try to make 'em laugh a little bit.
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I don't care what people think. people are stupid.
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This place? Nothing positive. OK, I want to say something positive. It's positively a dump.
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Look, I'm in the top 20 of players who ever lived.
Charles Barkley
People say I eat a lot. I really don't. More or less I just eat all the time.
Charles Barkley
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.
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Only poor people go to jail.
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But when I see a story on welfare on television, they only show black people.
Charles Barkley
Well, all I can say is that people know I'm not saying anything out of malice.
Charles Barkley
Poor people have been voting for Democrats for the last 50 years and they're still poor.
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Every time I think about changing a diaper, I run a little bit harder and a little bit faster to make sure I can afford a nanny until my daughter's old enough to take care of that herself.
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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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