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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
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Charles Barkley
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: February 20
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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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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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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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