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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-oakley/my-thing-is-when-barkley-played-basketball-he-didn-t-practice-he-wasn/)

[Charles Oakley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-oakley/)

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> [Charles Barkley played in an era where he was never the guy. He always had to take a back seat to Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Isaiah Thomas, because what did they have that he never got? A championship.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shannon-sharpe/charles-barkley-played-in-an-era-where-he-was-never-the-guy-he-always/)

[Shannon Sharpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shannon-sharpe/)

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