Top 258 Quotes & Sayings by Charles Barkley - Page 4

I don't how anybody taller than 6-4 can sit in those seats. And the airline executives don't give a damn 'cause they never walk back there in the first place. I don't fly first class because I have a lot of money. I do it because I need the room.

There's nobody you'd rather beat than your good friend.

Thank God for Jerry Springer's show. I thought only black folks were that screwed up until I watched Jerry Springer.

You got to believe in yourself. Hell, I believe I'm the best-looking guy in the world and I might be right.

Yeah Ernie, its called defense, I mean I wouldn't know anything about it personally but I've heard about it through the grapevine.

Jerry Krause must have pictures of his boss's wife having sex with a monkey.

I like to help poor people who got no chance. If rich people don't, who will? Not other poor people, that's for sure.

When you get arrested it's in big letters. When you get acquitted it's in small letters.

I can be bought. If they paid me enough, I'd work for the Klan.

I don't believe athletes should be role models. . . . We're a one-shot deal, one in a million, so we should be the least likely role models. . . . I think one of the problems in society today is that we don't stress education enough, because we glorify athletes, actors and actresses.

People always say turn the other cheek. If you turn the other cheek, I'm gonna hit you in the other cheek too.

Everybody in New York thinks the Knicks are Playboy bunnies, and I have been telling them for years the Knicks are a rabbit. They're closer to a Playboy bunny this year but for the last few years these guys are like, 'We have a really good team!' And I say, 'You really think that?' And I say, 'No, they don't.' But this is the best team they've had in a while.

Half Man, Half Sit-Out-The-Season.

Hakeem couldn't kick your ass cause you were too close, kissing his!

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.

They don't let many black people in the governor's mansion in Alabama, unless they're cleaning.

I got pulled over when I was behind the wheel of a Porsche in Philly once for what we call DWB - Driving While Black.

I'm afraid of the skeletons in my closet. I've got a whole cemetery full of them.

Christian is going to be the strongest man in the NBA next year, because all he's been doing all summer is carrying around the luggage for 11 guys.

Every time I hear the word conservative it makes me sick to my stomach.

America is divided by economics, and we as Americans, we've got to do a better job of supporting poor people.

I’d rather have a gay guy who can play than a straight guy who can’t play.

Adrian Dantley is a guy that I looked at . . . on how to maneuver my body around.

The most underrated player in NBA history is Dominique Wilkins. Right behind him is Gary Payton. He never has gotten the respect he deserves. If he doesn't spend the rest of his days in Seattle, I hope he goes someplace where he has a chance to win a title.

If somebody hits you with an object you should beat the hell out of them.

Everything gets blamed on the Clintons, every single thing in this world. I think Bill Clinton shot JFK, too.

I don't know anything about Angola, but Angola's in trouble.

You know what's amazing to me? America. There have been so many people who have stepped up, and I'm just proud to be an American. Yeah, there were some mistakes made, but I don't play the blame game. Let's move forward and rebuild New Orleans.

Any professional league that goes on strike right now - that's just suicide.

Hey Steve, no offense, but if you couldn't shoot, there would be no reason for you to be alive.

People say I eat a lot. I really don't. More or less I just eat all the time.

This place? Nothing positive. OK, I want to say something positive. It's positively a dump.

I don't mess with that cat. I'm pretty sure he carries a blade under his jersey.

I don't hate anyone, at least not for more than 48 minutes, barring overtime.

I don't listen to the refs. I don't listen to anyone who makes less money than I do.

You can talk without saying a thing. I don't ever want to be that type of person.

To me, there's only 5 real jobs in America: Police Officers, Teachers, Firefighters, Doctors, and the Military Service.

I played against him (Wilkins) in college. Getting nominated with him, that's pretty cool.

When you're black, you have to deal with so much crap in your life from other black people. It's a dirty, dark secret; I'm glad it's coming out.

Yeah, I regret we weren't on a higher floor.

I think it sucks that in our country [the USA] there is such a double standard education-wise. Which part of the city you live in, or something like that, determines if you'll be successful, and that's not fair.

I don't get into the gun stuff. Some guys have guns who go hunting. Where do we stop (the gun control) at? I'm not a hunter, but we can't say people can't have guns.

I'm just what America needs: another unemployed black man. (on his retirement from basketball)

He's got to bring something stronger than that. That's like bringing milk to a bar, it's not strong enough

There's no medical term for what I've got.

My wife's married. I'm not.

I'm still going to Disney World.

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.

All I know is, as long as I led the Southeastern Conference in scoring, my grades would be fine.

On his homesickness during the Barcelona Olympics -I miss America. I miss crime and murder. I miss Philadelphia. There hasn't been a brutal stabbing or anything here the last 24 hours. I've missed it.

I don't create controversies. They're there long before I open my mouth. I just bring them to your attention.

Most sportswriters don't know their ass from a hole in the ground.

The older I get, the faster I was.

I'm so sick and tired of people in the media telling us that because of the war, sports aren't important. Fans need sports. We'd have only crime and war to watch on TV if not for sports.

I think the biggest problem is parents are so concerned with being friends with their kids. You're not their friend. You're their parent.

I don't worry about playing basketball; that comes natural. I just want to have fun. David Robinson, Patrick Ewing, Michael Jordan: this is like spring break in the ghetto.

It's the kind of game that makes you go home and beat your wife.

You can't start a diet in the middle of the week, that's just stupid.

Sometimes I have to criticize guys to try to make it fun, I mean, I'm out there trying to bust other people. I want all these guys to do well, but when they do something stupid or don't play well, I try not to kill 'em, I try to make 'em laugh a little bit.

I want her to understand that it's going to be a factor in her life. I just want her to know that (racism) does exist, and I want her to always be diligent, and if she sees it, address it and fight it.