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Image of Charles Barkley
I don't hate anyone, at least not for more than 48 minutes, barring overtime.
- Charles Barkley
Collection: Basketball
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On his homesickness during the Barcelona Olympics -I miss America. I miss crime and murder. I miss Philadelphia. There hasn't been a brutal stabbing or anything here the last 24 hours. I've missed it.
- Charles Barkley
Collection: Basketball
Image of Macklemore
Michael Jordan was a cultural icon that everybody on the playground wanted to be. The Bulls dynasty was a huge part of my childhood and it was the peak of my basketball interest as a kid.
- Macklemore
Collection: Basketball
Image of Josh McDowell
There was a time when only specialized Christian missionaries needed to be able to defend the gospel of Jesus Christ against the attacks of Islam. Today every Christian has an opportunity and obligation to present the gospel effectively and in Christian love to the Muslims who have permeated our Western society. When your neighbor, your mechanic, your favorite basketball player, your employer or employee, or even your children's friends could very well be Muslims, the need for proper understanding and an effective Christian witness is abundantly clear.
- Josh McDowell
Collection: Basketball
Image of Charles Barkley
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.
- Charles Barkley
Collection: Basketball
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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.'
- Charles Barkley
Collection: Basketball
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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.
- Charles Barkley
Collection: Basketball
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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.
- Charles Barkley
Collection: Basketball
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All I know is, as long as I led the Southeastern Conference in scoring, my grades would be fine.
- Charles Barkley
Collection: Basketball
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When you read the book you see that these guys aren't holding any punches. They're straightforward. They're honest. They're giving you their honest opinion.
- Charles Barkley
Collection: Basketball
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I came to the realization a couple months ago that I am fat. If you get tired from walking - and that's all that golf is - then you are officially fat.
- Charles Barkley
Collection: Basketball
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I know a lot of people did a lot of heavy lifting to make me successful and I do everything in my power not to screw it up.
- Charles Barkley
Collection: Basketball
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I like to help poor people who got no chance. If rich people don't, who will? Not other poor people, that's for sure.
- Charles Barkley
Collection: Basketball
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I'm not paid to be a role model. I'm paid to wreak havoc on the basketball court.
- Charles Barkley
Collection: Basketball
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I don't how anybody taller than 6-4 can sit in those seats. And the airline executives don't give a damn 'cause they never walk back there in the first place. I don't fly first class because I have a lot of money. I do it because I need the room.
- Charles Barkley
Collection: Basketball
Image of John C. Maxwell
When problems confront successful leaders, they get excited about the opportunity.
- John C. Maxwell
Collection: Basketball
Image of Charles Barkley
I want to be a politician. I think I understand how the system works, I think a lot of politicians are corrupt, and it's about time we put some people in there who are going to look out for the majority of the people instead of the rich people.
- Charles Barkley
Collection: Basketball
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I just wish all these young black kids would realize how significant it is to stop acting a fool out there, killing each other, not getting their education. You know, people have died to put us in a situation to be successful.
- Charles Barkley
Collection: Basketball
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Every time I think about changing a diaper, I run a little bit harder and a little bit faster to make sure I can afford a nanny until my daughter's old enough to take care of that herself.
- Charles Barkley
Collection: Basketball
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Being black or white isn't an accomplishment. What you do with your life - or what you accomplish with your life - dictates what you should be proud of.
- Charles Barkley
Collection: Basketball
Image of Demetri Martin
When I was younger, I'd get very empirical with myself. "I have a hypothesis about myself. I'll put myself in a situation, see what happens, then I'll draw a conclusion based on the empirical evidence. Hypothesis: I can play basketball." So I'd try. "Conclusion: I cannot play basketball."
- Demetri Martin
Collection: Basketball
Image of Og Mandino
I will waste not even a precious second today in anger or hate or jealousy or selfishness. I know that the seeds I sow I will harvest, because every action, good or bad, is always followed by an equal reaction. I will plant only good seeds this day.
- Og Mandino
Collection: Basketball
Image of John C. Maxwell
When I was 17, I made the decision to have a good attitude. I was a junior in high school; the coach said I was going to be the captain of my basketball team. I thought – that surprised me because I wasn’t the best player. John Thomas was better than me, and I was probably second or third best player. And I kept thinking, “Why am I going to be the captain?” I think everybody else was thinking that too. And the coach then answered, “The reason John is going to be the captain is he has the best attitude on the team. He encourages others, he believes we can win, he never gives up.”
- John C. Maxwell
Collection: Basketball
Image of Chris Matthews
The world is not checking in with us to see what skills we've picked up, what idea we've concocted, what dreams we carry in our hearts. When a job opens, whether it's in the chorus line or on the assembly line, it goes to the person standing there. It goes to the eager beaver the boss sees when he looks up from his work: the pint-sized kid standing at the basketball court on the playground waiting for one of the older boys to head home. "Hey, kid, wanna play?"
- Chris Matthews
Collection: Basketball
Image of Wynton Marsalis
Who creates a thing is not as important as what the thing is. Who created baseball? Who created basketball? Who created the space program? Who created - we could go on and on. We could argue about who created something. We all are participants in it.
- Wynton Marsalis
Collection: Basketball
Image of Jennifer Lopez
I'm bad at a ton of things. I'm bad at sitting still. I'm bad at basketball. My worst habit is that while people are talking, I will already be thinking three other things. It's rude. Sometimes if the person is very in tune and they notice, they're like "Where are you right now?"
- Jennifer Lopez
Collection: Basketball
Image of Dave Barry
I haven't been able to slam-dunk the basketball for the past five years. Or, for the thirty-eight years before that, either.
- Dave Barry
Collection: Basketball
Image of Mahershala Ali
I played all four years [at St. Mary's College] with - at a certain point, basketball became the thing I was doing most, but it was really in my periphery.
- Mahershala Ali
Collection: Basketball
Image of Charles Barkley
Any time a little midget does something like this, you gotta give him a 10!.
- Charles Barkley
Collection: Basketball
Image of Al McGuire
All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
- Al McGuire
Collection: Basketball
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I just can't recruit where there's grass around. You gotta have a concrete lawn before I feel comfortable enough to go in and talk to you parents.
- Al McGuire
Collection: Basketball
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Winning is only important in war and surgery.
- Al McGuire
Collection: Basketball
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The people who know basketball, their elevators don't go to the top.
- Al McGuire
Collection: Basketball
Image of Al McGuire
Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school. You're the best there. You've been all-city two years in a row. How bad can you be? You come with me and we'll make nice music.
- Al McGuire
Collection: Basketball
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When I'm losing, they call me nuts. When I'm winning, they call me eccentric.
- Al McGuire
Collection: Basketball
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I don't discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I'm not interested in philosophy classes.
- Al McGuire
Collection: Basketball
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You better have great practices.
- Al McGuire
Collection: Basketball
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The nicest thing about coaching is that one day you feel like you can play handball against a curb, and on other days you feel like you can fly to the moon.
- Al McGuire
Collection: Basketball
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If a player leaves Marquette and doesn't have some of my blood in him, then I don't think I've done a good job.
- Al McGuire
Collection: Basketball
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I don't believe in looking past anybody - I wouldn't look past the Little Sisters of the Poor after they stayed up all night.
- Al McGuire
Collection: Basketball
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Don't call me son unless you're going to include me in your will. (When Adolph Rupp called him, "Son.")
- Al McGuire
Collection: Basketball
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I had my moment on the stage. The trick in life is to know when to leave.
- Al McGuire
Collection: Basketball
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Don't be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
- Al McGuire
Collection: Basketball
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I come from New York where, if you fall down, someone will pick you up by your wallet.
- Al McGuire
Collection: Basketball
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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
- Al McGuire
Collection: Basketball
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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
- Al McGuire
Collection: Basketball
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I let ballplayers yell back at me because I wasn't trying to prove I'm boss. I know I'm boss.
- Al McGuire
Collection: Basketball
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Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
- Al McGuire
Collection: Basketball
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It's a profession in which, the longer you stay, the closer you are to being fired.
- Al McGuire
Collection: Basketball