Charles Barkley Quotes - Page 3

White folks are not going to come to see a bunch of guys with tattoos, with cornrows. I'm sorry, but anyone who thinks different, they're stupid.

Poor white people and poor black people just don't know how much they have in common. Rich people don't give a damn about either group.

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.'

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.

Preseason is just a way to screw fans out of money.

He'll never be Jordan. This clearly takes him out of the conversation. He can win as much as he wants to.

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

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.

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

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

Say, Cuttino. What are those Godawful clothes you're wearing? Man, this ain't Rhode Island anymore. You're in the NBA. The girls have teeth here.

I don't have time to put up with the politics. Who's a Democrat? Who's a Republican? Who's liberal? Who's conservative? Man, can my daughter just go to a school and not get killed? Can these people get a good job? That's what I'm concerned about.

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.

I don't believe professional athletes should be role models. I believe parents should be role models.... It's not like it was when I was growing up. My mom and my grandmother told me how it was going to be. If I didn't like it, they said, Don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way out. Parents have to take better control.

I'm really disturbed about the gay marriage thing. Because I think gay people should get married, cause it's their own business ... Because as a Black man, I think you've got to be against any form of discrimination.

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.

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.

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.

I'm not paid to be a role model. I'm paid to wreak havoc on the basketball court.

I think you have an obligation to be honest.

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

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.

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

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

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.