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 BARKLEYWell, 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.
More Charles Barkley Quotes
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I think you have an obligation to be honest.
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The older I get, the faster I was.
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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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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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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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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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The main thing to do is relax and let your talent do the work.
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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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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 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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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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Just because you say something doesn’t make it controversial, and it doesn’t make you a bad person.
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I 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.’
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I don’t hate anyone, at least not for more than 48 minutes, barring overtime.
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