Top 258 Quotes & Sayings by Charles Barkley
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Last updated on September 17, 2024.
It's my job, with the position of power that I'm in and being able to be on television, I'm supposed to stand up for the people who can't stand up for themselves.
If I screw up, I'm gonna say, 'You know what? I really screwed up.' That's all you can do. Some people gonna forgive you, some people not gonna forgive you. That's just the way it works.
Just because you say something doesn't make it controversial, and it doesn't make you a bad person.
There's no such thing as a vegetarian.
It drives me crazy when guys making $30 million are complaining about playing basketball two days in a row.
I'm not a role model... Just because I dunk a basketball doesn't mean I should raise your kids.
We need the cops, especially in the black community.
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.
I don't think of myself as giving interviews. I just have conversations. That gets me in trouble.
I'm no role model.
I'm never going to be one of those guys who gets on TV and yells and screams. That's not how I do my business. But I'm very aware of social responsibility.
For some reason, we're brainwashed to think if you're not a thug or an idiot, you're not black enough. If you go to school, make good grades, speak intelligent, and don't break the law, you're not a good black person.
Kids are born into the situation they're born into, and obviously, they have no control over that. And we, as adults, it's up to us to take care of kids - that's part of your moral responsibility. I always tell people, 'There's two groups we should take care of - old people and young people.'
The only people who distrust the cops are crooks. They're not out there just harassing innocent people. Maybe sometimes they do. But there's no inherent situation where cops are deliberately out there harassing people.
We can't pick out certain incidentals that don't go our way and act like the cops are all bad... Do you know how bad some of these neighborhoods would be if it wasn't for the cops?
If you're a poor white person and your life sucks, it's easy for you to blame Hispanics cos you don't want to look in the mirror and say, 'I'm the reason my life sucks.' The Republicans do a good job exploiting that.
I love New York City; I've got a gun.
Neither one of the parties is doing anything for poor people. They're both full of it. Black people have been voting Democratic their whole life, and they're still poor. And the Republicans don't do anything for poor people, either.
We, as black people, we have a lot of crooks.
I love sports because it takes me away from reality, and I tell people, 'No matter how bad your life is, if you are having problems at home, you are having problems at work, that's the beauty of sports.'
I think people got more common sense than people give 'em credit for.
We're the only ethnic group that says, 'Hey, if you go to jail, it gives you street cred.'
You know it's going to hell when the best rapper out there is white and the best golfer is black.
My idea of religion is we are supposed to bring people together. We are not supposed to judge other people.
At some point, I don't want to have any obligation. And just chill out.
My initial response was to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized that I had no character.
One of the worst days of my life was telling Dick Ebersol I was going to TNT.
We're not all supposed to think alike.
The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.
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.
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.
Racism exists, but what I want to do is start a dialogue.
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.
I got some cash from agents. I've talked to the NCAA. I think that should be legal. I want some money, too; everybody else is making money. I want to go on dates. I want to go buy myself some new suits. I want to buy myself some new sneakers, and I paid the agents back.
Everybody wants to talk about black and white, when the situation is really about rich people against poor people.
I've always said that: 'We as black people, if you want respect, you have to give each other respect.' You can't demand respect from white people and the cops if we don't respect each other.
I think sports has done a disservice for a lot of black kids thinking they can only be successful through athletics and entertainment. I want them to know they can be doctors, lawyers, teachers, fireman, police officers, etc.
It's interesting - the greatest country in the world, we shouldn't have people starving. We shouldn't have young people not getting something to eat.
Golf is fun - until you hit somebody in the head.
I truly believe that building bridges, not building walls and not giving into fear, will make our communities better.
I'm not going to waste my time worrying about these Confederate statues. That's wasted energy.
Nobody doesn't like meat.
I do not use words like 'liberal' or 'conservative.' You can ask me a question, and I will give you an answer. Those are words rich people on television use to divide and conquer.
The main thing to do is relax and let your talent do the work.
Sometimes that light at the end of the tunnel is a train.
I don't care what people think. People are stupid.
I might go my whole life stealing money. I got paid to play basketball, which is a scam. I get paid to watch basketball, which is a scam.
'War Eagle' is like 'I love you.'
Anybody who walks out peacefully, who protests peacefully, that's what this country was built on.
Everybody wants to protect their own tribe, whether they are right or wrong.
I'm not going to waste my time screaming at a neo-Nazi who is going to hate me no matter what.
I just grew up a poor black kid in Alabama with a single mom and two brothers.
It ain't like we're curing cancer or anything, we're watching basketball.
Just because you watch 'Grey's Anatomy' doesn't mean you can do the operation.
Poor people are too stupid to know they're just chess pieces in a game.
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.
You can't sit on the sidelines of life.
I live in Arizona. I think the Hispanic people are amazing. I think when people talk about illegal immigration... it does them a disservice.
If I got a chance to play with another great player, I want to do that. I mean, the objective is to win.
We don't need refs, but I guess white guys need something to do.
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