I always laugh when people ask me about rebounding techniques. I’ve got a technique. It’s called just go get the damn ball.
CHARLES BARKLEYI remember sitting down with the Rockets and saying, ‘Yeah. I’m going to retire.’ They said, ‘Well, we’ll give you $9 million.’ And I said, ‘You got a pen on you?’
More Charles Barkley Quotes
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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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I know I’m never as good or bad as one single performance. I’ve never believed in my critics or my worshippers, and I’ve always been able to leave the game at the arena.
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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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We’re not all supposed to think alike.
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The meek may inherit the earth, but they wont get the ball from me.
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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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When you get arrested it’s in big letters. When you get acquitted it’s in small letters.
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I played against him (Wilkins) in college. Getting nominated with him, that’s pretty cool.
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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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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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Poor people have been voting for Democrats for the last 50 years and they’re still poor.
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Yeah Ernie, its called defense, I mean I wouldn’t know anything about it personally but I’ve heard about it through the grapevine.
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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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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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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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