Charles Barkley Quotes

I think sports has done a disservice for a lot of black kids thinking they can only be successful through athletics and entertainment. I want them to know they can be doctors, lawyers, teachers, fireman, police officers, etc.

Charles Barkley

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• It is hard to watch myself. I'm hypercritical, and it's difficult to watch a performance when I may end up being at odds with it - wishing I'd done something differently or that they had edited it a certain way.

  

  Jack Falahee
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  • May

• I'm black, I don't feel burdened by it and I don't think it's a huge responsibility. It's part of who I am. It does not define me.

  

  Oprah Winfrey
  • Black
  • Responsibility
  • Part

• David Bowie was awesome the easiest, coolest interview I have ever done.

  

  Rachel Perry
  • Done
  • Awesome
  • Interview

• Leather pants are my guilty fashion pleasure. I have at least 10 pairs in navy, red, white, dusty pink, grey, suede and black.

  

  Abbey Clancy
  • Black
  • Fashion
  • Red

• I always separated sports and my personal life.

  

  Carl Lewis
  • Life
  • Always
  • Sports

• I was thinking as a little girl growing up that I would be there. When I look at whether we can go to Mars, it's definitely something we can do.

  

  Mae Jemison
  • Up
  • Thinking
  • Girl

• Your body is a machine. Learn the right way to take care of it.

  

  Candice Swanepoel
  • Care
  • Body
  • Learn

• When you're first reading the script and thinking about playing the part, it's slightly daunting. It's easy to question, 'Is an audience going to like me? And is that my job?'

  

  Laura Dern
  • Thinking
  • Job
  • Reading

• Anyone who still supports George Bush would still let Michael Jackson babysit their kids.

  

  Hal Sparks
  • Kids
  • Would
  • Still

• When you look at the team that Jimmy Rutherford has put together and the players that he has, this is just a great story of excellent in professional sports.

  

  Gary Bettman
  • Great
  • Together
  • Team

• It takes ground activity to stimulate that Black vote.

  

  Eddie Bernice Johnson
  • Black
  • Vote
  • Activity

• No matter how senior you get in an organization, no matter how well you're perceived to be doing, your job is never done. Every day, you get up and the world is changing; your customers are expecting more from you. Your competitors are putting pressure on you by doing more and trying to beat you here and beat you there.

  

  Abigail Johnson
  • Up
  • World
  • Trying

• Everybody either hates or loves John Cena; there's no medium. I feel like that I've accomplished something when I get people to cheer for John Cena. I feel like I've done something.

  

  A.J. Styles
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  • Feel

• An ideal day for me is a combination of a fun-exciting creative moment with work partners, some laughs and games with my kids, a good surf session, and great conversation with friends around a meal.

  

  Yves Behar
  • Good
  • Work
  • Great

• I love holidaying with the kids after working hard, it is amazing.

  

  Mahesh Babu
  • Love
  • Kids
  • Amazing

• If I do have kids, I can't wait because I'm excited to go back to school to help them with their homework and remember how to do simple math. I think it's about staying curious and not losing the sense of wonder.

  

  Mamie Gummer
  • School
  • Kids
  • Remember

• My kids love going to school. When my son started going to kindergarten, we asked him, 'How was it?' and his only complaint was that he didn't get to stay in there longer.

  

  Camila Alves
  • School
  • Love
  • Kids

• God has been very good to me, for I never dwell upon anything wrong which a person has done, so as to remember it afterwards. If I do remember it, I always see some other virtue in that person.

  

  Saint Teresa of Avila
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  • God
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• Journalists often ask me: "Aren't you sorry that after all the work you've done, you're best known as Magneto and Gandalf?" But that's what I've always wanted - not to be known as myself. I want to draw attention to the characters.

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • Work
  • Done
  • Character

• I'm just glad Open tennis is here. It's great for the game. That's more important.

  

  Pancho Gonzales
  • Great
  • Important
  • Game

• When he would give you direction, it was not sitting in a chair saying, 'Hey, babe! Do this and that and the other thing.' Mr. Sirk would ask, 'May I speak with you?' and sit down and say, 'I think this should be done this way. And how do you feel about it? Do you feel it that way?'

  

  Lana Turner
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• A cow couldn't find its calf in this room.

  

  Addison Mizner

• I think sports has done a disservice for a lot of black kids thinking they can only be successful through athletics and entertainment. I want them to know they can be doctors, lawyers, teachers, fireman, police officers, etc.

  

  Charles Barkley
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  • Done
  • Kids