White folks are not going to come to see a bunch of guys with tattoos, with cornrows. I’m sorry, but anyone who thinks different, they’re stupid.
CHARLES BARKLEYMy message is simple: take control of your life.
More Charles Barkley Quotes
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Sometimes that light at the end of the tunnel is a train.
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We don’t need refs, but I guess white guys need something to do.
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There’s nobody you’d rather beat than your good friend.
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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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I think you have an obligation to be honest.
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I just wish all these young black kids would realize how significant it is to stop acting a fool out there, killing each other, not getting their education. You know, people have died to put us in a situation to be successful.
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I don’t hate anyone, at least not for more than 48 minutes, barring overtime.
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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.
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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 think it sucks that in our country [the USA] there is such a double standard education-wise. Which part of the city you live in, or something like that, determines if you’ll be successful, and that’s not fair.
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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.
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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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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.
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My message is simple: take control of your life.
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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 believe professional athletes should be role models. I believe parents should be role models.
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Preseason is just a way to screw fans out of money.
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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.
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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.
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As long as anti-gay legislation exists in any state, I strongly believe big events such as the Final Four and Super Bowl should not be held in those states’ cities.
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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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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.
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The main thing to do is relax and let your talent do the work.
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The older I get, the faster I was.
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Half Man, Half Sit-Out-The-Season.
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I think anybody who is racist is an idiot whether they are black or white.
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