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Look, I'm in the top 20 of players who ever lived.
Charles Barkley
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Charles Barkley
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: February 20
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I'm just what America needs: another unemployed black man. (on his retirement from basketball)
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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 don't create controversies. They're there long before I open my mouth. I just bring them to your attention.
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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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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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Half Man, Half Sit-Out-The-Season.
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All I know is, as long as I led the Southeastern Conference in scoring, my grades would be fine.
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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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Listening to a woman is almost as bad as losing to one. There are only three things that women are better at than men: cleaning, cooking, and having sex.
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I don't hate anyone, at least not for more than 48 minutes, barring overtime.
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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.
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I don't care what people think. people are stupid.
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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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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 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 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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If you can't slam with the best, then jam with the rest.
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I played against him (Wilkins) in college. Getting nominated with him, that's pretty cool.
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Any professional league that goes on strike right now - that's just suicide.
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