Poor people cannot rely on the government to come to help you in times of need. You have to get your education. Then nobody can control your destiny.

Quote by Charles Barkley

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If I weren't earning $3 million a year to dunk a basketball, most people on...

If I weren't earning $3 million a year to dunk a basketball, most people on...

If somebody hits you with an object you should beat the hell out of them.

If somebody hits you with an object you should beat the hell out of them.

This place? Nothing positive. OK, I want to say something positive. It's positively a dump.

This place? Nothing positive. OK, I want to say something positive. It's positively a dump.

Kids are great. That's one of the best things about our business, all the kids...

Kids are great. That's one of the best things about our business, all the kids...

My family got all over me because they said Bush is only for the rich...

My family got all over me because they said Bush is only for the rich...

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

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

I know I'm never as good or bad as one single performance. I've never believed...

I know I'm never as good or bad as one single performance. I've never believed...

I'm no role model.

I'm no role model.

My initial response was to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized...

My initial response was to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized...

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

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

These are my new shoes. They're good shoes. They won't make you rich like me,...

These are my new shoes. They're good shoes. They won't make you rich like me,...

I don't think of myself as giving interviews. I just have conversations. That gets me...

I don't think of myself as giving interviews. I just have conversations. That gets me...

If ifs were gifts, every day would be Christmas.

If ifs were gifts, every day would be Christmas.

Somebody hits me, I'm going to hit him back. Even if it does look like...

Somebody hits me, I'm going to hit him back. Even if it does look like...

I love New York City; I've got a gun.

I love New York City; I've got a gun.

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

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

They run like deer, jump like deer and think like deer.

They run like deer, jump like deer and think like deer.

Pressure can burst a pipe or pressure can make a diamond.

Pressure can burst a pipe or pressure can make a diamond.

I can't coach, but it's ok, it's my players fault, they're just not producing. I...

I can't coach, but it's ok, it's my players fault, they're just not producing. I...

Being a part of both organizations, there is no comparison in the two organizations. This...

Being a part of both organizations, there is no comparison in the two organizations. This...

Most of the brothers don't make the kind of scratch I do.

Most of the brothers don't make the kind of scratch I do.