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You know what I always say about basketball whenever anybody tried to tell me the Knicks are gonna be good: They're old. Old people don't get healthy. They die.
Charles Barkley
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Charles Barkley
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: February 20
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I think it sucks that in our country [the USA] there is such a double standard education-wise. Which part of the city you live in, or something like that, determines if you'll be successful, and that's not fair.
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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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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 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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If a guy drew a charge on me, I tried to kick him in the balls.
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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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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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Every time I hear the word conservative it makes me sick to my stomach.
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The most underrated player in NBA history is Dominique Wilkins. Right behind him is Gary Payton. He never has gotten the respect he deserves. If he doesn't spend the rest of his days in Seattle, I hope he goes someplace where he has a chance to win a title.
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I'm just what America needs: another unemployed black man. (on his retirement from basketball)
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But when I see a story on welfare on television, they only show black people.
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I think that the team that wins game five will win the series. Unless we lose game five.
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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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Poor people have been voting for Democrats for the last 50 years and they're still poor.
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