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Charles Barkley Quotes

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Charles Barkley

Charles Barkley

Birthname

Birthday February 20, 1963

Educated At Auburn University

Nationality United States Of America

Occupations Announcer, Journalist, Basketball Player, Author, Sports Analyst

Total quotes (23)

The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.

— Charles Barkley, Sir Charles

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Charles: 'I think I look good tonight.'

Kevin: 'You think that, but thinking and reality are two different things, sometimes.'

— Charles Barkley and Kevin Garnett, Inside the Fashion Clashin’

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Somebody hits me, I'm going to hit him back. Even if it does look like he hasn't eaten in a while.

— Charles Barkley, The Tao of Yao

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You know it's going to hell when the best rapper out there is white and the best golfer is black.

— Charles Barkley, SPIN

Eminem Tiger Woods

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If I weren't earning $3 million a year to dunk a basketball, most people on the street would run in the other direction if they saw me coming.

— Charles Barkley, the Ultimate Book of Quotations

Racial Profiling

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My family got all over me because they said Bush is only for the rich people. Then I reminded them, 'Hey, I'm rich'.

— Charles Barkley, Citizens, Politics and Social Communication

Republicans Wealth

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I'm not a role model. Just because I dunk a basketball doesn't mean I should raise your kids.

— Charles Barkley, Remembering Charles Barkley's role model theory

Role Models Basketball

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Racism does exist. It is always going to exist, but until we as a people stop killing each other and stop not getting our education we are never going to be successful.

— Charles Barkley, via www.cnn.com

racism Black on Black Crime Education

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One thing about being famous is the people around you, you pay all their bills so they very rarely disagree with you because they want you to pick up the check.

— Charles Barkley, Charles Barkley on Michael Jordan as executive -- Not done a good job

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I don't hate anyone, at least not for more than 48 minutes, barring overtime.

— Charles Barkley, Sir Charles

Hate Basketball

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You can talk without saying a thing. I don't ever want to be that type of person.

— Charles Barkley, Sir Charles

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Sorry, poor people. I’m hoping for y’all, but y’all ain’t got no chance.

— Charles Barkley, Charles Barkley sarcastically thanks G.O.P. for new tax bill: 'Sorry, poor people'

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My initial response was to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized that I had no character.

— Charles Barkley, It's Better Than Being Wrong End of the Joke

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I think anybody who is racist is an idiot whether they are black or white.

— Charles Barkley, via www.cnn.com

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I can't screw up Alabama....We are number 48 in everything and Arkansas and Mississippi aren't going anywhere.

— Charles Barkley, Charles Barkley, Future Governor of Alabama?

Alabama Arkansas Mississippi

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Man, there's nothing in the world that makes me as nervous as seeing white people dance.

— Charles Barkley, Charles Barkley, the NBA's reassuring rebel.

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The main thing to do is relax and let your talent do the work.

— Charles Barkley, The Executive's Book of Quotations

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Sometimes that light at the end of the tunnel is a train.

— Charles Barkley, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Count Your Blessings

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We don't need refs, but I guess white guys need something to do.

— Charles Barkley, Sir Charles

Basketball racism

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I can be bought. If they paid me enough, I'd work for the Klan.

— Charles Barkley, Charles Barkley, the NBA's reassuring rebel.

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I'm a mad dog whose only concern is winning.

— Charles Barkley, The 48 greatest quotes about winning

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Oklahoma is nothing but vast wasteland; no place for black people.

— Charles Barkley, What he's saying: Charles Barkley on Oklahoma City

Oklahoma Black People

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The hardest but most important thing is to get a dialogue going on racial issues. I think people want to do better, I really do. I just think they're afraid. They don't know exactly what to do. Nobody wants to make the first move. We can't get past worrying about disagreement, so we don't have meaningful conversations to make a difference. Damn, to me there's a lot worse than disagreeing with each other. What's worse, people hating and acting on that hate, or disagreeing?

— Charles Barkley, Charles Barkley, the NBA's reassuring rebel.

racism dialogue

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