Charles Barkley Quotes About Basketball

Quotes about: Basketball

• I always laugh when people ask me about rebounding techniques. I've got a technique. It's called just go get the damn ball.

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, Nba, People

• 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.'

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, Mom, Mother

  Charles Barkley (2002). “I May Be Wrong but I Doubt It”, p.76, Random House

• 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.

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, Sports, Shoes

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

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, Believe, Athlete

• I'm not a role model... Just because I dunk a basketball doesn't mean I should raise your kids.

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, Sports, Children

• I don't care what people think. people are stupid.

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, Stupid, Thinking

• 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.

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, Education, Sports

  "How to Get More Value Out of Your Education" by John Rampton, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 14, 2013.

• What does politically correct mean? If you're fat, don't ask me if you're fat, because I'm gonna tell you the truth. You're fat.

  Charles Barkley

  Funny, Basketball, Mean

• Half Man, Half Sit-Out-The-Season.

  Charles Barkley

  Funny, Basketball, Men

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

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, Role Models, Roles

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

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, Believe, Guy

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

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, Differences, Shots

  Charles Barkley (2009). “Sir Charles: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles Barkley”, p.27, Hachette UK

• The main thing to do is relax and let your talent do the work.

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, Sports, Relax

• 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.

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, People, Helping

• I want to be a politician. I think I understand how the system works, I think a lot of politicians are corrupt, and it's about time we put some people in there who are going to look out for the majority of the people instead of the rich people.

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, Thinking, People

  "Britain Prepares to Withdraw Troops From Iraq". “The Situarion Room” with Wolf Blitzer, www.cnn.com. February 21, 2007.

• My initial response was to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized that I had no character.

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, Character, Reality

• 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.

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, Growing Up, Kids

  "Late Late Show", October 22, 2004.

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

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, Long, Would Be

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

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, Sports, Humor

• 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

  Basketball, Sports, Running

  Charles Barkley, Roy S. Johnson (1993). “Outrageous!”

• We're just playing basketball. It's not like we're going out to have unprotected sex with Magic.

  Charles Barkley

  Funny, Basketball, Sex

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

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, Black, Thank God

  Charles Barkley (2002). “I May Be Wrong but I Doubt It”, p.107, Random House

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

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, People

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

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, Black, Porsche

  Charles Barkley (2002). “I May Be Wrong but I Doubt It”, p.34, Random House

• I just wish all these young black kids would realize how significant it is to stop acting a fool out there, killing each other, not getting their education. You know, people have died to put us in a situation to be successful.

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, Kids, Successful

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