I don’t think of myself as giving interviews. I just have conversations. That gets me in trouble.
CHARLES BARKLEYThe older I get, the faster I was.
More Charles Barkley Quotes
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I don’t hate anyone, at least not for more than 48 minutes, barring overtime.
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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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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.
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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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If ifs were gifts, every day would be Christmas.
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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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I’m afraid of the skeletons in my closet. I’ve got a whole cemetery full of them.
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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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But when I see a story on welfare on television, they only show black people.
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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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You can’t start a diet in the middle of the week, that’s just stupid.
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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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My message is simple: take control of your life.
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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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You can talk without saying a thing. I don’t ever want to be that type of person.
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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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Just because you say something doesn’t make it controversial, and it doesn’t make you a bad person.
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I think anybody who is racist is an idiot whether they are black or white.
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Sometimes that light at the end of the tunnel is a train.
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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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I think you have an obligation to be honest.
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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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My initial response was to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized that I had no character.
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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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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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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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