Well, all I can say is that people know I’m not saying anything out of malice.
CHARLES BARKLEYThere’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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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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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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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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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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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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My message is simple: take control of your life.
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I played against him (Wilkins) in college. Getting nominated with him, that’s pretty cool.
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I just thank God for Dennis [Rodman], cause he makes me look like a saint.
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I don’t hate anyone, at least not for more than 48 minutes, barring overtime.
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I came to the realization a couple months ago that I am fat. If you get tired from walking – and that’s all that golf is – then you are officially fat.
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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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The meek may inherit the earth, but they wont get the ball from me.
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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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I have nothing against old people; I want to be one myself one day.
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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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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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I think you have an obligation to be honest.
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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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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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If ifs were gifts, every day would be Christmas.
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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’m afraid of the skeletons in my closet. I’ve got a whole cemetery full of them.
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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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But when I see a story on welfare on television, they only show black people.
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This is why I hate white people. You guys try to turn everything into a racial issue.
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I’m not paid to be a role model, parents should be role models.
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