I don’t believe professional athletes should be role models. I believe parents should be role models.
CHARLES BARKLEYPoor 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 like to help poor people who got no chance. If rich people don’t, who will? Not other poor people, that’s for sure.
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People say I eat a lot. I really don’t. More or less I just eat all the time.
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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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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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When I speak to kids I tell them, ‘Hey, you think your parents are a pain in the ass now, but they’re going to get smarter as you get older.’
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I always laugh when people ask me about rebounding techniques. I’ve got a technique. It’s called just go get the damn ball.
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But when I see a story on welfare on television, they only show black people.
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If 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.
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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.
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I’m afraid of the skeletons in my closet. I’ve got a whole cemetery full of them.
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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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The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.
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I’m not a role model. Just because I dunk a basketball doesn’t mean I should raise your kids.
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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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Curling is not a sport. I called my grandmother and told her she could win a gold medal because they have dusting in the Olympics now.
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I’m really disturbed about the gay marriage thing. Because I think gay people should get married, cause it’s their own business. Because as a Black man, I think you’ve got to be against any form of discrimination.
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Being 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.
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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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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.
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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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We don’t need refs, but I guess white guys need something to do.
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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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If Michael Jordan was a damn plumber, he couldn’t get a date. Any guy got $500 million looks good.
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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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The meek may inherit the earth, but they wont get the ball from me.
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The older I get, the faster I was.
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