Top 100 Quotes About Charles Barkley
#1. My brother was a huge Charles Barkley fan - my brother went to Miami. He played power forward, and he always used to tell me stories about Barkley and college. And I watched Barkley growing up. I loved what he brought to the game. His toughness and just his attitude, being as strong he was.
Paul Pierce
#3. I love golf. But do you know how I got good at golf? Because of Charles Barkley. I was playing with Charles, Michael Jordan and Roy Green, and Charles was talking so much trash. On every shot, he was talking trash. So I left the tournament, and I went and practiced for a year and half.
Eric Dickerson
#4. Charles Barkley, Clyde Drexler and I used to argue for hours about who the best athletes are. I thought football players were better overall.
Warren Moon
#5. Charles Barkley, I used to watch him growing up. Then I met him. He was a big teddy bear.
Shannon Miller
#7. What I told [my teammates] after the game was I'm just fortunate [for] my 16 years because, this [injury] can happen every single night you go out and play ... It can be over in one instant, so you should appreciate everyday.
Charles Barkley
#8. You can talk without saying a thing. I don't ever want to be that type of person.
Charles Barkley
#9. 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
#10. I don't know what that gas is made of, but it can't smell any worse than Ernie Johnson 's gym bag.
Charles Barkley
#11. I can be bought. If they paid me enough, I'd work for the Klan.
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#12. I'm afraid of the skeletons in my closet. I've got a whole cemetery full of them.
Charles Barkley
#13. Yeah Ernie, its called defense, I mean I wouldn't know anything about it personally but I've heard about it through the grapevine.
Charles Barkley
#14. I don't mess with that cat. I'm pretty sure he carries a blade under his jersey.
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#15. Man, everything gets blamed on the Clintons, every single thing in this world. I think Bill Clinton shot JFK, too.
Charles Barkley
#16. Most sportswriters don't know their ass from a hole in the ground.
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#17. You know what's amazing to me? America. There have been so many people who have stepped up, and I'm just proud to be an American. Yeah, there were some mistakes made, but I don't play the blame game. Let's move forward and rebuild New Orleans.
Charles Barkley
#19. I believe ghosts are like dogs and they just sort of do things arbitrarily.
Charles Barkley
#20. Everybody in the world has an ego. The only difference between us is we have a reason to have an ego.
Charles Barkley
#21. We don't need refs, but I guess white guys need something to do.
Charles Barkley
#22. Any professional league that goes on strike right now - that's just suicide.
Charles Barkley
#23. Christian is going to be the strongest man in the NBA next year, because all he's been doing all summer is carrying around the luggage for 11 guys.
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#24. I never would say a player stinks. Ever. I'll tell you their team stinks, and first of all, they know their team stinks. And the fans know their team stinks.
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#25. If I weren't earning $3 million a year to dunk a basketball, most people on the street would run in the other direction if they saw me coming.
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#26. If you are an ugly woman, you have no chance of getting a TV job.
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#27. If somebody hits you with an object you should beat the hell out of them.
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#28. There's nobody you'd rather beat than your good friend.
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#29. I played against him (Wilkins) in college. Getting nominated with him, that's pretty cool.
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#30. Hakeem couldn't kick your ass cause you were too close, kissing his!
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#31. White folks are not going to come to see a bunch of guys with tattoos, with cornrows. I'm sorry, but anyone who thinks different, they're stupid.
Charles Barkley
#32. It bothers me when I hear these reporters and jocks get on TV and say: 'Oh, no guy can come out in a team sport. These guys would go crazy.' First of all, quit telling me what I think. I'd rather have a gay guy who can play than a straight guy who can't play.
Charles Barkley
#34. Hey Steve, no offense, but if you couldn't shoot, there would be no reason for you to be alive.
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#35. I don't have time to put up with the politics. Who's a Democrat? Who's a Republican? Who's liberal? Who's conservative? Man, can my daughter just go to a school and not get killed? Can these people get a good job? That's what I'm concerned about.
Charles Barkley
#36. I don't think of myself as giving interviews. I just have conversations. That gets me in trouble.
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#37. 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.
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#39. My family got all over me because they said Bush is only for the rich people. Then I reminded them, 'Hey, I'm rich'.
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#41. Kids are great. That's one of the best things about our business, all the kids you get to meet. It's a shame they have to grow up to be regular people and come to the games and call you names.
Charles Barkley
#42. I don't hate anyone, at least not for more than 48 minutes, barring overtime.
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#43. I don't believe athletes should be role models ... We're a one-shot deal, one in a million, so we should be the least likely role models ... I think one of the problems in society today is that we don't stress education enough, because we glorify athletes, actors and actresses.
Charles Barkley
#44. They always try to make it like jocks discriminate against gay people. I've been a big proponent of gay marriage for a long time, because as a black person, I can't be in for any form of discrimination at all.
Charles Barkley
#45. If you can't slam with the best, then jam with the rest
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#46. He's got to bring something stronger than that. That's like bringing milk to a bar, it's not strong enough
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#47. He'll never be Jordan. This clearly takes him out of the conversation. He can win as much as he wants to.
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#48. The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.
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#49. Jerry Krause must have pictures of his boss's wife having sex with a monkey.
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#50. 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.
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#51. You know what I always say about basketball whenever anybody tried to tell me the Knicks are gonna be good: They're old. Old people don't get healthy. They die.
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#52. 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.
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#53. Poor people have been voting for Democrats for the last 50 years and they're still poor.
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#54. If you're scarde to fail, you don't deserve to be successful.
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#55. I was asked for years about being a Republican, probably because most black people are Democrats. My mother heard it once and called me and said 'Charles, Republicans are for the rich people.' And I said, 'Mom, I'm rich.'
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#56. There's only 5 real jobs in the world. Teacher, fireman, policeman, doctor and somebody who is in the armed service. If you don't have one of those 5 jobs, you shouldn't take your life that serious.
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#57. One thing about being famous is the people around you, you pay all their bills so they very rarely disagree with you because they want you to pick up the check.
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#58. People always say he can run and he can jump. So can a deer and you wouldn't put a deer in the game.
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#59. I don't get into the gun stuff. Some guys have guns who go hunting. Where do we stop (the gun control) at? I'm not a hunter, but we can't say people can't have guns.
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#60. I think that the team that wins game five will win the series. Unless we lose game five.
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#61. America is divided by economics, and we as Americans, we've got to do a better job of supporting poor people.
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#62. Just because you say something doesn't make it controversial, and it doesn't make you a bad person.
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#63. People always say turn the other cheek. If you turn the other cheek, I'm gonna hit you in the other cheek too.
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#64. This is why I hate white people. You guys try to turn everything into a racial issue.
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#65. These are my new shoes. They're good shoes. They won't make you rich like me, they won't make you rebound like me, they definitely won't make you handsome like me. They'll only make you have shoes like me. That's it.
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#67. They run like deer, jump like deer and think like deer.
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#68. Poor people have been voting for big government liberalism for 50 years... and they are still poor.
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#69. I have nothing against old people. I want to be one myself one day.
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#70. I'm not paid to be a role model. I'm paid to wreak havoc on the basketball court.
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#71. As long as anti-gay legislation exists in any state, I strongly believe big events such as the Final Four and Super Bowl should not be held in those states' cities.
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#72. Adrian Dantley is a guy that I looked at ... on how to maneuver my body around.
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#73. It ain't like we're curing cancer or anything, we're watching basketball.
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#74. My initial response was to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized that I had no character.
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#75. 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.
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#77. 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
#78. I got pulled over when I was behind the wheel of a Porsche in Philly once for what we call DWB - Driving While Black.
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#80. Curling is not a sport. I called my grandmother and told her she could win a gold medal because they have dusting in the Olympics now.
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#81. I didnt wear the pink panties because I didnt want America going crazy with excitement.
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#82. I think it sucks that in our country [the USA] there is such a double standard education-wise. Which part of the city you live in, or something like that, determines if you'll be successful, and that's not fair.
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#83. 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
#84. I think the biggest problem is parents are so concerned with being friends with their kids. You're not their friend. You're their parent.
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#85. I'm not a role model ... Just because I dunk a basketball doesn't mean I should raise your kids.
Charles Barkley
#86. What does politically correct mean? If you're fat, don't ask me if you're fat, because I'm gonna tell you the truth. You're fat.
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#89. The most underrated player in NBA history is Dominique Wilkins. Right behind him is Gary Payton. He never has gotten the respect he deserves. If he doesn't spend the rest of his days in Seattle, I hope he goes someplace where he has a chance to win a title.
Charles Barkley
#90. But when I see a story on welfare on television, they only show black people.
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#91. We're just playing basketball. It's not like we're going out to have unprotected sex with Magic.
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#92. I think anybody who is racist is an idiot whether they are black or white.
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#94. I do not use words like liberal or conservative. You can ask me a question and I will give you an answer. Those are words rich people on television use to divide and conquer.
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#95. I read that heavy drinking is bad for your health. I decided I better stop reading.
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#96. Well, when I went off to college, the guys I used to hang with were pumping gas and voting Democrat. Today they're still pumping gas and voting Democrat. Guess the Democrats didn't do much for them.
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#97. I'm just what America needs: another unemployed black man. (on his retirement from basketball)
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#98. I don't listen to the refs. I don't listen to anyone who makes less money than I do.
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#99. 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.
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#100. If a guy drew a charge on me, I tried to kick him in the balls.
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