Charles Barkley Quotes

They always try to make it like jocks discriminate against gay people. I've been a big proponent of gay marriage for a long time, because as a black person, I can't be in for any form of discrimination at all.

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

The meek may inherit the earth, but they wont get the ball from me.

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.

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

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.

The older I get, the faster I was.

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

What I told [my teammates] after the game was I'm just fortunate [for] my 16 years because, this [injury] can happen every single night you go out and play... It can be over in one instant, so you should appreciate everyday.

I'm a mad dog whose only concern is winning.

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

My wife's married. I'm not.

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

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 have nothing against old people; I want to be one myself one day.

If all babies are so cute, how the hell do we have so many ugly people in the world?

We're not all supposed to think alike.

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 don't believe professional athletes should be role models. I believe parents should be role models.

Sometimes that light at the end of the tunnel is a train.

This is why I hate white people. You guys try to turn everything into a racial issue.

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

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

The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.

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 was asked for years about being a Republican, probably because most black people are Democrats. My mother heard it once and called me and said 'Charles, Republicans are for the rich people.' And I said, 'Mom, I'm rich.'

I just thank God for Dennis [Rodman], cause he makes me look like a saint.

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

Social media is where losers go to feel important.

People always say he can run and he can jump. So can a deer and you wouldn't put a deer in the game.

Those Grizzlies are more like pandas.

I think that the team that wins game five will win the series. Unless we lose game five.

I don't think of myself as giving interviews. I just have conversations. That gets me in trouble.

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

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

If Michael Jordan was a damn plumber, he couldn't get a date. Any guy got $500 million looks good.

It bothers me when I hear these reporters and jocks get on TV and say: 'Oh, no guy can come out in a team sport. These guys would go crazy.' First of all, quit telling me what I think. I'd rather have a gay guy who can play than a straight guy who can't play.

Look, I'm in the top 20 of players who ever lived.

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

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.

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.

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.

We don't need refs, but I guess white guys need something to do.

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

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

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.