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?’
CHARLES BARKLEYI’m just what America needs: another unemployed black man.
More Charles Barkley Quotes
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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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You can’t start a diet in the middle of the week, that’s just stupid.
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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 I speak to kids I tell them, ‘Hey, you think your parents are a pain in the ass now, but they’re going to get smarter as you get older.’
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The main thing to do is relax and let your talent do the work.
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I want to be a politician. I think I understand how the system works, I think a lot of politicians are corrupt, and it’s about time we put some people in there who are going to look out for the majority of the people instead of the rich people.
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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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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 say I eat a lot. I really don’t. More or less I just eat all the time.
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You know it’s going to hell when the best rapper out there is white and the best golfer is black.
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Every time I think about changing a diaper, I run a little bit harder and a little bit faster to make sure I can afford a nanny until my daughter’s old enough to take care of that herself.
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I think anybody who is racist is an idiot whether they are black or white.
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Preseason is just a way to screw fans out of money.
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Sometimes that light at the end of the tunnel is a train.
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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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