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Charles Barkley Quotes

Total quotes: 23
“Sorry, poor people. I’m hoping for y’all, but y’all ain’t got no chance.”
— Charles Barkley, Charles Barkley sarcastically thanks G.O.P. for new tax bill: 'Sorry, poor people'
Tagged: Sarcasm, Taxes
“I can't screw up Alabama....We are number 48 in everything and Arkansas and Mississippi aren't going anywhere.”
— Charles Barkley, Charles Barkley, Future Governor of Alabama?
Tagged: Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi
“Oklahoma is nothing but vast wasteland; no place for black people.”
— Charles Barkley, What he's saying: Charles Barkley on Oklahoma City
Tagged: Oklahoma, Black People
“You can talk without saying a thing. I don't ever want to be that type of person.”
— Charles Barkley, Sir Charles
“I don't hate anyone, at least not for more than 48 minutes, barring overtime.”
— Charles Barkley, Sir Charles
Tagged: Hate, Basketball
“Man, there's nothing in the world that makes me as nervous as seeing white people dance.”
— Charles Barkley, Charles Barkley, the NBA's reassuring rebel.
Tagged: racism
“The hardest but most important thing is to get a dialogue going on racial issues. I think people want to do better, I really do. I just think they're afraid. They don't know exactly what to do. Nobody wants to make the first move. We can't get past worrying about disagreement, so we don't have meaningful conversations to make a difference. Damn, to me there's a lot worse than disagreeing with each other. What's worse, people hating and acting on that hate, or disagreeing?”
— Charles Barkley, Charles Barkley, the NBA's reassuring rebel.
Tagged: racism, dialogue
“I can be bought. If they paid me enough, I'd work for the Klan.”
— Charles Barkley, Charles Barkley, the NBA's reassuring rebel.
Tagged: KKK, Sellout
“One thing about being famous is the people around you, you pay all their bills so they very rarely disagree with you because they want you to pick up the check.”
— Charles Barkley, Charles Barkley on Michael Jordan as executive -- Not done a good job
Tagged: Fame, Wealth
“Racism does exist. It is always going to exist, but until we as a people stop killing each other and stop not getting our education we are never going to be successful.”
— Charles Barkley
Tagged: racism, Black on Black Crime, Education
“I think anybody who is racist is an idiot whether they are black or white.”
— Charles Barkley
Tagged: racism
“I'm not a role model. Just because I dunk a basketball doesn't mean I should raise your kids.”
— Charles Barkley, Remembering Charles Barkley's role model theory
Tagged: Role Models, Basketball
“I'm a mad dog whose only concern is winning.”
— Charles Barkley, The 48 greatest quotes about winning
Tagged: Winning
“We don't need refs, but I guess white guys need something to do.”
— Charles Barkley, Sir Charles
Tagged: Basketball, racism
“The main thing to do is relax and let your talent do the work.”
— Charles Barkley, The Executive's Book of Quotations
Tagged: Talent
“Sometimes that light at the end of the tunnel is a train.”
— Charles Barkley, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Count Your Blessings
“My family got all over me because they said Bush is only for the rich people. Then I reminded them, 'Hey, I'm rich'.”
— Charles Barkley, Citizens, Politics and Social Communication
Tagged: Republicans, Wealth
“My initial response was to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized that I had no character.”
— Charles Barkley, It's Better Than Being Wrong End of the Joke
“You know it's going to hell when the best rapper out there is white and the best golfer is black.”
— Charles Barkley, SPIN
Tagged: Eminem, Tiger Woods
“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.”
— Charles Barkley, the Ultimate Book of Quotations
Tagged: Racial Profiling
“Somebody hits me, I'm going to hit him back. Even if it does look like he hasn't eaten in a while.”
— Charles Barkley, The Tao of Yao
Tagged: Violence
“The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.”
— Charles Barkley, Sir Charles
Tagged: Basketball
“Charles: 'I think I look good tonight.'

Kevin: 'You think that, but thinking and reality are two different things, sometimes.'”
— Charles Barkley, Kevin Garnett, Inside the Fashion Clashin’
Tagged: Basketball
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