Charles Barkley

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

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

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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.

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I got some cash from agents. I've talked to the NCAA. I think that should be legal. I want some money, too; everybody else is making money. I want to go on dates. I want to go buy myself some new suits. I want to buy myself some new sneakers, and I paid the agents back.

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I think it is important for me to speak out on social issues. Sometimes people will agree with me. Sometimes people will disagree with me. I don't take that personally.

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I'm never going to be one of those guys who gets on TV and yells and screams. That's not how I do my business. But I'm very aware of social responsibility.

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One of my biggest regrets ever was not taking the time to go to South Africa to meet Nelson Mandela. That is a big regret of mine. I should have figured out a way.

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I might go my whole life stealing money. I got paid to play basketball, which is a scam. I get paid to watch basketball, which is a scam.

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When you steal from somebody, you are saying to them, 'I don't respect how hard you worked for your money.' When somebody steals from you, that's what they're saying.

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I never would say a player stinks. Ever. I'll tell you their team stinks, and first of all, they know their team stinks. And the fans know their team stinks.

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Poor people are too stupid to know they're just chess pieces in a game.

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

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If you are black on television, you are probably going to be some kind of thug, gangster, or portrayed in a negative light. If you are some type of Muslim, you are going to be blowing stuff up. If you are Hispanic, you are going to be some type of gangbanger. I've felt like this for years.

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For some reason, we're brainwashed to think if you're not a thug or an idiot, you're not black enough. If you go to school, make good grades, speak intelligent, and don't break the law, you're not a good black person.

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Everybody wants to protect their own tribe, whether they are right or wrong.

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

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The president of the United States should not be tweeting.

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That's one of the problems with this country: they put you in a box. You're a Republican, you're a Democrat, you're conservative, you're liberal. And that's really unfair.

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I'm not going to get upset because somebody said something bad about me.

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There's no such thing as a vegetarian.

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Quotes by Charles Barkley