I’m just what America needs: another unemployed black man.
CHARLES BARKLEYI’m not paid to be a role model. I’m paid to wreak havoc on the basketball court.
More Charles Barkley Quotes
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Sometimes that light at the end of the tunnel is a train.
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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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I think anybody who is racist is an idiot whether they are black or white.
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I don’t believe professional athletes should be role models. I believe parents should be role models.
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It’s the kind of game that makes you go home and beat your wife.
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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.
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We’re just playing basketball. It’s not like we’re going out to have unprotected sex with Magic.
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If all babies are so cute, how the hell do we have so many ugly people in the world?
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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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I don’t worry about playing basketball; that comes natural. I just want to have fun.
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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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I’d never buy my girl a watch… she’s already got a clock over the stove.
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The meek may inherit the earth, but they wont get the ball from me.
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I read that heavy drinking is bad for your health. I decided I better stop reading.
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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.
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My initial response was to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized that I had no character.
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I don’t care what people think. people are stupid.
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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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You can talk without saying a thing. I don’t ever want to be that type of person.
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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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The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.
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Half Man, Half Sit-Out-The-Season.
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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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My message is simple: take control of your life.
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Unfortunately, as I tell my white friends, we as black people, we’re never going to be successful not because of you white people but because of other black people.
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If Michael Jordan was a damn plumber, he couldn’t get a date. Any guy got $500 million looks good.
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