Charles Barkley Quotes

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

Charles Barkley
I always laugh when people ask me about rebounding techniques. I've got a technique. It's called just go get the damn ball.

Charles Barkley
You might listen to black music, and you might watch black athletes, but that doesn't mean you'll be willing to talk to that black guy who just moved down the street.

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If the only qualification for being a role model is that you have to be able to dunk a basketball, then I know millions of people who could become role models. That's not enough. Hell, I know drug dealers who can dunk. Can drug dealers be role models, too?

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This is my new shoe. It's a good shoe. It won't make you dunk like me. It won't make you rich like me. It won't make you rebound like me. It definitely won't make you handsome like me. It'll only make you have shoes like me.

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I don't listen to the refs. I don't listen to anyone who makes less money than I do.

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You know it's gone to hell, when the best rapper out there is a white guy and the best golfer is a black guy.

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People say I eat a lot. I really don't. More or less I just eat all the time.

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

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When you're the top dog, everybody wants to put you in the pound.

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You got to believe in yourself. Hell, I believe I'm the best-looking guy in the world and I might be right.

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Anytime a fan touches you, you have the right to beat the hell out of him.

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You can't start a diet in the middle of the week, that's just stupid.

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I don't know anything about Angola, but Angola's in trouble.

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When I speak to kids I tell them, 'Hey, you think your parents are a pain in the ass now, but they're going to get smarter as you get older.'

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

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

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It's great to be hosting SNL again. I hosted sixteen years ago. Back then I was in great shape, I was coming off an MVP season with the Phoenix Suns - now, I play bad golf, drink, sometimes I get arrested.

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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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Thank God for Jerry Springer's show. I thought only black folks were that screwed up until I watched Jerry Springer.

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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 was going to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized that I have no character.

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Poor people have been voting for Democrats for the last fifty years... and they are still poor.

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I got pulled over when I was behind the wheel of a Porsche in Philly once for what we call DWB - Driving While Black.

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

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