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.
CHARLES BARKLEYWell, 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.
More Charles Barkley Quotes
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I’m not paid to be a role model. I’m paid to wreak havoc on the basketball court.
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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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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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Half Man, Half Sit-Out-The-Season.
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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 think of myself as giving interviews. I just have conversations. That gets me in trouble.
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It’s the kind of game that makes you go home and beat your wife.
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When you’re black, you have to deal with so much crap in your life from other black people. It’s a dirty, dark secret; I’m glad it’s coming out.
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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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You can’t start a diet in the middle of the week, that’s just stupid.
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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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I don’t believe professional athletes should be role models. I believe parents should be role models.
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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.
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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.
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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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