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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. "

Charles Barkley

Speak

Black

Good

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" I do not use words like 'liberal' or 'conservative.' You can ask me a question, and I will give you an answer. Those are words rich people on television use to divide and conquer. "

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

" 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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" The only people who distrust the cops are crooks. They're not out there just harassing innocent people. Maybe sometimes they do. But there's no inherent situation where cops are deliberately out there harassing people. "

" I live in Arizona. I think the Hispanic people are amazing. I think when people talk about illegal immigration... it does them a disservice. "

" Just because you watch 'Grey's Anatomy' doesn't mean you can do the operation. "

" 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. "

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

" These are my new shoes. They're good shoes. They won't make you rich like me, they won't make you rebound like me, they definitely won't make you handsome like me. They'll only make you have shoes like me. That's it. "

" There's no such thing as a vegetarian. "

Charles Barkley

Thing

Vegetarian

" Neither one of the parties is doing anything for poor people. They're both full of it. Black people have been voting Democratic their whole life, and they're still poor. And the Republicans don't do anything for poor people, either. "

" The president of the United States should not be tweeting. "

" I think it's a travesty that the NBA can't just tell these guys to play basketball two days in a row. It's just a joke to me. We flew commercial, and we were able to play back-to-back. "

Charles Barkley

Play

Basketball

" Everybody wants to talk about black and white, when the situation is really about rich people against poor people. "

" Racism is the greatest cancer of my lifetime. "

" See, my hope and dream is that people have a good time watching basketball. It's not church. It's not serious. "

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

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

" 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. "