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 BARKLEYKids 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 BARKLEYI 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 BARKLEYIf 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.
CHARLES BARKLEYYou can talk without saying a thing. I don’t ever want to be that type of person.
CHARLES BARKLEYI think anybody who is racist is an idiot whether they are black or white.
CHARLES BARKLEYBeing black or white isn’t an accomplishment. What you do with your life – or what you accomplish with your life – dictates what you should be proud of.
CHARLES BARKLEYWe’re not all supposed to think alike.
CHARLES BARKLEYThe meek may inherit the earth, but they wont get the ball from me.
CHARLES BARKLEYYou can’t start a diet in the middle of the week, that’s just stupid.
CHARLES BARKLEYI 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.’
CHARLES BARKLEYWe don’t need refs, but I guess white guys need something to do.
CHARLES BARKLEYI’m not paid to be a role model. I’m paid to wreak havoc on the basketball court.
CHARLES BARKLEYIf ifs were gifts, every day would be Christmas.
CHARLES BARKLEYI’m afraid of the skeletons in my closet. I’ve got a whole cemetery full of them.
CHARLES BARKLEYI read that heavy drinking is bad for your health. I decided I better stop reading.
CHARLES BARKLEYChristian 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.
CHARLES BARKLEY