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 BARKLEYThere’s nobody you’d rather beat than your good friend.
More Charles Barkley Quotes
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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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He’ll never be Jordan. This clearly takes him out of the conversation. He can win as much as he wants to.
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Sometimes that light at the end of the tunnel is a train.
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Poor 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 just thank God for Dennis [Rodman], cause he makes me look like a saint.
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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 read that heavy drinking is bad for your health. I decided I better stop reading.
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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 can talk without saying a thing. I don’t ever want to be that type of person.
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When you read the book you see that these guys aren’t holding any punches. They’re straightforward. They’re honest. They’re giving you their honest opinion.
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I’m just what America needs: another unemployed black man.
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I’m not paid to be a role model, parents should be role models.
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My initial response was to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized that I had no character.
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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.
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If ifs were gifts, every day would be Christmas.
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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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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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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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I don’t worry about playing basketball; that comes natural. I just want to have fun.
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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.
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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?’
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You can’t start a diet in the middle of the week, that’s just stupid.
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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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Preseason is just a way to screw fans out of money.
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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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People always say he can run and he can jump. So can a deer and you wouldn’t put a deer in the game.
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