110+ Charles Barkley Quotes On San Antonio, Dynamic And Tenacious

Charles Barkley is a former American professional basketball player. He was an 11-time NBA All-Star and was named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History. He is also a current analyst on the television program Inside the NBA on TNT. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Charles Barkley on san antonio, dynamic, tenacious.

Top 10 Charles Barkley Quotes

1. If you are afraid of failure you don’t deserve to be successful!
2. My initial response was to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized that I had no character.
3. The older I get, the faster I was.
4. I don't know anything about Angola, but Angola's in trouble.
5. I don't care what people think. people are stupid.
6. As long as anti-gay legislation exists in any state, I strongly believe big events such as the Final Four and Super Bowl should not be held in those states' cities.
7. We don't need refs, but I guess white guys need something to do.
8. I always laugh when people ask me about rebounding techniques. I've got a technique. It's called just go get the damn ball.
9. They run like deer, jump like deer and think like deer.
10. There's only 5 real jobs in the world. Teacher, fireman, policeman, doctor and somebody who is in the armed service. If you don't have one of those 5 jobs, you shouldn't take your life that serious.

Charles Barkley Image Quotes

I don't care what people think. people are stupid. — Charles Barkley

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

Charles Barkley Short Quotes

• Sometimes that light at the end of the tunnel is a train.
• The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.
• I read that heavy drinking is bad for your health. I decided I better stop reading.
• If Michael Jordan was a damn plumber, he couldn't get a date. Any guy got $500 million looks good.
• If you're scarde to fail, you don't deserve to be successful.
• Hakeem couldn't kick your ass cause you were too close, kissing his!
• Anytime a fan touches you, you have the right to beat the hell out of him
• Just because you say something doesn't make it controversial, and it doesn't make you a bad person.
• I think you have an obligation to be honest.
• I love New York City; I've got a gun.

Charles Barkley Quotes About 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

Poor people have been voting for Democrats for the last 50 years and they're still poor. — Charles Barkley

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

Unfortunately, as I tell my white friends, we as black people, we're never going to be successful not because of you white people but because of other black people. — Charles Barkley

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

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

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

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. — Charles Barkley

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

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. — Charles Barkley

Charles Barkley Quotes About Black

You know it's going to hell when the best rapper out there is white and the best golfer is black. — Charles Barkley

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

Being black or white isn't an accomplishment. What you do with your life - or what you accomplish with your life - dictates what you should be proud of. — Charles Barkley

I think anybody who is racist is an idiot whether they are black or white. — Charles Barkley

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. — Charles Barkley

If you are born poor, whether white or black, you are going to be in a bad neighborhood and go to a bad school. If you are making three million dollars a year, a couple hundred thousand in taxes ain't gonna kill you. — Charles Barkley

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

The Republicans always do a good job of dividing and conquering. They do a really good job of making black folks, poor white folks, and Hispanics not like each other. — Charles Barkley

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. — Charles Barkley

Neither one of the parties is doing anything for poor people. They're both full of it. Black people have been voting Democratic their whole life, and they're still poor. And the Republicans don't do anything for poor people, either. — Charles Barkley

Charles Barkley Quotes About Poor

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

I just grew up a poor black kid in Alabama with a single mom and two brothers. — Charles Barkley

My perspective is never gonna change on that... We've got to do a much better job to take care of poor people, because you cannot put all the poor people in bad neighborhoods, send them to bad schools, and say, 'Good luck in life.' That's just not right. — Charles Barkley

Poor people are too stupid to know they're just chess pieces in a game. — Charles Barkley

All the poor white people, all the poor black people, all the Hispanics, they're in the same boat. They've got no economic opportunities. — Charles Barkley

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

Everybody wants to talk about black and white, when the situation is really about rich people against poor people. — Charles Barkley

If you're a poor white person and your life sucks, it's easy for you to blame Hispanics cos you don't want to look in the mirror and say, 'I'm the reason my life sucks.' The Republicans do a good job exploiting that. — Charles Barkley

Only poor people go to jail. — Charles Barkley

Charles Barkley Quotes About Life

My message is simple: take control of your life — Charles Barkley

What bothers me the most are the Republicans and the Democrats: they act like little kids. They are lying to real people out here trying to get through life. — Charles Barkley

I love sports because it takes me away from reality, and I tell people, 'No matter how bad your life is, if you are having problems at home, you are having problems at work, that's the beauty of sports.' — Charles Barkley

I might go my whole life stealing money. I got paid to play basketball, which is a scam. I get paid to watch basketball, which is a scam. — Charles Barkley

Unfortunately, as I tell my white friends, we, as black people, we're never going to be successful - not because of you white people but because of other black people. When you're black, you have to deal with so much crap in your life from other black people. — Charles Barkley

You can't sit on the sidelines of life. — Charles Barkley

One of the worst days of my life was telling Dick Ebersol I was going to TNT. — Charles Barkley

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. — Charles Barkley

I have voted Democrat my entire life. — Charles Barkley

Charles Barkley Quotes About Basketball

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

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

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

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. — Charles Barkley

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

Every time I think about changing a diaper, I run a little bit harder and a little bit faster to make sure I can afford a nanny until my daughter's old enough to take care of that herself. — Charles Barkley

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

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. — Charles Barkley

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

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.' — Charles Barkley

Charles Barkley Famous Quotes And Sayings

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

I don't care what people think. people are stupid. — Charles Barkley

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

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. — Charles Barkley

Well, when I went off to college, the guys I used to hang with were pumping gas and voting Democrat. Today they're still pumping gas and voting Democrat. Guess the Democrats didn't do much for them. — Charles Barkley

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

Curling is not a sport. I called my grandmother and told her she could win a gold medal because they have dusting in the Olympics now. — Charles Barkley

I know I'm never as good or bad as one single performance. I've never believed in my critics or my worshippers, and I've always been able to leave the game at the arena. — Charles Barkley

Well, all I can say is that people know I'm not saying anything out of malice. — Charles Barkley

I'm not paid to be a role model, parents should be role models. — Charles Barkley

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. — Charles Barkley

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

If you are an ugly woman, you have no chance of getting a TV job. — Charles Barkley

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

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

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

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. — Charles Barkley

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

I remember sitting down with the Rockets and saying, 'Yeah. I'm going to retire.' They said, 'Well, we'll give you $9 million.' And I said, 'You got a pen on you?' — Charles Barkley

I don't know what that gas is made of, but it can't smell any worse than Ernie Johnson 's gym bag. — Charles Barkley

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

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

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. — Charles Barkley

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

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

The word conservative means discriminatory practically. It's a form of political discrimination. What do the Republicans run on? Against gay marriage and for a war that makes no sense. A war that was based on faulty intelligence. That's all they ever talk about. That and immigration. Another discriminatory argument for political gain. — Charles Barkley

If you go out with a girl and they say she has a great personality, she's ugly. If they tell you a guy works hard, he can't play a lick. Same thing. — Charles Barkley

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. — Charles Barkley

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

It's kinda great to see the Celtics doin well again cuz that was so much fun in my day to go to the Boston Garden and they spit at you and throw things at you and talk about your mom. It sounds like dinner at Kenny Smith's house. — Charles Barkley

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. — Charles Barkley

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

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. — Charles Barkley

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. — Charles Barkley

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. — Charles Barkley

I didnt wear the pink panties because I didnt want America going crazy with excitement. — Charles Barkley

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. — Charles Barkley

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. — Charles Barkley

If you can't slam with the best, then jam with the rest. — Charles Barkley

But when I see a story on welfare on television, they only show black people. — Charles Barkley

Any time a little midget does something like this, you gotta give him a 10!. — Charles Barkley

LeBron is a great player and a great guy, but he's a drama queen. — Charles Barkley

If a guy drew a charge on me, I tried to kick him in the balls. — Charles Barkley

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

Anybody who is racist, I just I think they are an idiot. — Charles Barkley

I've only met LeBron casually. He's always been great to me. I think I've been great and cordial to him, but this notion that we have to be friends - we're never gonna be friends. And that's not a negative thing. — Charles Barkley

One of my biggest regrets ever was not taking the time to go to South Africa to meet Nelson Mandela. That is a big regret of mine. I should have figured out a way. — Charles Barkley

We're the only ethnic group that says, 'Hey, if you go to jail, it gives you street cred.' — Charles Barkley

One of the reasons I don't trust the media is you can't have a double standard for guys you like and dislike. — Charles Barkley

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. — Charles Barkley

I respect and admire what cops do. — Charles Barkley

I was a Republican until they lost their minds — Charles Barkley

I think Nick Saban is the greatest college football coach in history over there in Tuscaloosa. — Charles Barkley

We're not all supposed to think alike. — Charles Barkley

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

The president of the United States should not be tweeting. — Charles Barkley

I know that I'm never as good or bad as any single performance. I've never believed my critics or my worshippers, and I've always been able to leave the game at the arena. — Charles Barkley

I live in Arizona, and I don't like the way they treat Hispanics there. — Charles Barkley

Life Lessons by Charles Barkley

1. Charles Barkley taught us to stay humble and grounded in the face of success. He was never too proud to be himself and to enjoy life, no matter how much he achieved.
2. He also showed us that it's important to speak up for what you believe in and to stand up for those who can't stand up for themselves.
3. Finally, Charles Barkley taught us that it's important to be kind and generous to others, no matter how much you have achieved in life.