I’m afraid of the skeletons in my closet. I’ve got a whole cemetery full of them.
CHARLES BARKLEYHe’s got to bring something stronger than that. That’s like bringing milk to a bar, it’s not strong enough
More Charles Barkley Quotes
-
-
Social media is where losers go to feel important.
CHARLES BARKLEY -
I’m just what America needs: another unemployed black man.
CHARLES BARKLEY -
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 BARKLEY -
You know it’s going to hell when the best rapper out there is white and the best golfer is black.
CHARLES BARKLEY -
We don’t need refs, but I guess white guys need something to do.
CHARLES BARKLEY -
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.
CHARLES BARKLEY -
Listening to a woman is almost as bad as losing to one. There are only three things that women are better at than men: cleaning, cooking, and having sex.
CHARLES BARKLEY -
But when I see a story on welfare on television, they only show black people.
CHARLES BARKLEY -
I 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?’
CHARLES BARKLEY -
I don’t care what people think. people are stupid.
CHARLES BARKLEY -
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.
CHARLES BARKLEY -
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.
CHARLES BARKLEY -
I’m not paid to be a role model. I’m paid to wreak havoc on the basketball court.
CHARLES BARKLEY -
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 -
When you get arrested it’s in big letters. When you get acquitted it’s in small letters.
CHARLES BARKLEY -
We’re not all supposed to think alike.
CHARLES BARKLEY -
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.
CHARLES BARKLEY -
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.
CHARLES BARKLEY -
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 -
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.
CHARLES BARKLEY -
It’s the kind of game that makes you go home and beat your wife.
CHARLES BARKLEY -
People say I eat a lot. I really don’t. More or less I just eat all the time.
CHARLES BARKLEY -
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.
CHARLES BARKLEY -
This is why I hate white people. You guys try to turn everything into a racial issue.
CHARLES BARKLEY -
You can talk without saying a thing. I don’t ever want to be that type of person.
CHARLES BARKLEY -
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