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A lot of guys do the pretty things. Dunking, tattoos, earrings, sagging jeans. That's the league now. They have athletic ability, but they don't know the game.
Charles Oakley / Basketball Player
Jeans
Pretty Things
Tattoos
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I'm in New York every two weeks. I don't have to ring a bell when I come to the city. I just do what I'm supposed to do when I'm in the city. I don't shy away.
Charles Oakley / Basketball Player
Two Weeks
Bell
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I shoot five or six times, go out and play defense and make sure everything is clicking. I'm like a transmission in a car. You can't see me, but I make the car go.
Charles Oakley / Basketball Player
Transmission
Clicking
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Some guys get by on natural athletic ability. And then when they reach a certain point, they got to put in the time before and after practice and in the off-season.
Charles Oakley / Basketball Player
Athletic
Off Season
Certain Point
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People hate to go out to eat with me because they know I'm going to send it back. Like, I'm trying to order simple. But don't blame me if you bring out the wrong stuff.
Charles Oakley / Basketball Player
Blame
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When you walk out here with the Bobcats logo, stand for something. Not wearing your hat to the back, sagging jeans. Be a professional, that's how I present myself to them.
Charles Oakley / Basketball Player
Jeans
Stand For Something
Hat
Out Here
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If you're out after 6 o'clock, have a jacket on, because you might go somewhere. People say, 'Oh, I ain't dressed for it.' But if you have a jacket on, you can go anywhere.
Charles Oakley / Basketball Player
People Go Somewhere
Dressed
Jacket
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It's been so overwhelming, the people in New York. That's why they call New York, New York - because they care about things and know real situations. My love for the fans, it's mouth-dropping.
Charles Oakley / Basketball Player
Overwhelming
Love Care People
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You can't say, 'You're a scorer, you score. You rebound, you rebound.' Basketball is more than that. Basketball is knowing the next step, knowing the next play, knowing how to make things happen.
Charles Oakley / Basketball Player
Basketball
Rebound
Score
Things Happen
Next Step
Step
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I've been patient with everything - management, coaches, players - but I want to play. I think I took my time eating my soup, the soup is gone. Now it's time for the main course. The appetizers, throw them out the window.
Charles Oakley / Basketball Player
Gone
Player
Thinking
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I ask everybody, who's the best between Magic and LeBron? Everyone says Michael's greatest. But, OK, well, we'll give him his props. But LeBron is a better athlete, and he can do more than Michael on the basketball court.
Charles Oakley / Basketball Player
Basketball Court
Props
Lebron
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I don't just hop in the car. I have destinations. I drive to relax. I'll be gone for two weeks, hit four or five major cities. I don't like being nowhere for more than two or three days. I just go. I don't have a schedule.
Charles Oakley / Basketball Player
Relax
Two Weeks
Nowhere
Destinations
Hop
Schedule
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I was in New York, I went to a Yankees game and I called and said, 'Can I get tickets to the Knicks game?' They said, 'We can't get you tickets no more to the Knicks game.'... They had tickets, but they said they didn't have no tickets for me.
Charles Oakley / Basketball Player
Tickets
Game Me New
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My thing is, when Barkley played basketball, he didn't practice, he wasn't a leader, he wasn't this or that, he just had natural talent so he got chosen to the Dream Team, All Star team because he had the talent and he was the franchise player on the team.
Charles Oakley / Basketball Player
Chosen
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I just tried to go out there and play with attitude, doing what I was supposed to do and knowing my role on the team. Doing what my team expected me to do every night, not just once a week. It was all about work and I was just a tough guy who would knock somebody down.
Charles Oakley / Basketball Player
Every Night
Tough Guy
Once A Week
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