If you get a chance to play with great players, that's half the battle. — Charles Barkley Copy Share Image
I'm not paid to be a role model. I'm paid to wreak havoc on the basketball court. — Charles Barkley Copy Share Image
It ain't like we're curing cancer or anything, we're watching basketball. — Charles Barkley Copy Share Image
If I weren't earning $3 million a year to dunk a basketball, most people on the street would run in the other… — Charles Barkley Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I might go my whole life stealing money. I got paid to play basketball, which is a scam. I get paid to… — Charles Barkley Copy Share Image
See, my hope and dream is that people have a good time watching basketball. It's not church. It's not serious. — Charles Barkley Copy Share Image
I think Nick Saban is the greatest college football coach in history over there in Tuscaloosa. — Charles Barkley Copy Share Image
If Michael Jordan was a damn plumber, he couldn't get a date. Any guy got $500 million looks good. — Charles Barkley Copy Share Image
He'll never be Jordan. This clearly takes him out of the conversation. He can win as much as he wants to. — Charles Barkley Copy Share Image
It drives me crazy when guys making $30 million are complaining about playing basketball two days in a row. — Charles Barkley Copy Share Image
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… — Charles Barkley Copy Share Image
It's kinda great to see the Celtics doin well again cuz that was so much fun in my day to go to… — Charles Barkley Copy Share Image
I remember I'd be sleeping in the airport at 5 o'clock in the morning, traveling three hours, and playing a game that… — Charles Barkley Copy Share Image
I think it's a travesty that the NBA can't just tell these guys to play basketball two days in a row. It's… — Charles Barkley Copy Share Image
The most underrated player in NBA history is Dominique Wilkins. Right behind him is Gary Payton. He never has gotten the respect… — Charles Barkley Copy Share Image
I love sports because it takes me away from reality, and I tell people, 'No matter how bad your life is, if… — Charles Barkley Copy Share Image
“One billion b-balls dribbling simultaneously throughout the galaxy. One trillion b-balls being slam dunked through a hoop throughout the cosmos. I can… — Charles Barkley Copy Share Image
“No matter how hard you work at your craft and no matter how successful you become, people just have to find something… — Charles Barkley Copy Share Image
Everybody in New York thinks the Knicks are Playboy bunnies, and I have been telling them for years the Knicks are a… — Charles Barkley Copy Share Image
You know what I always say about basketball whenever anybody tried to tell me the Knicks are gonna be good: They're old.… — Charles Barkley Copy Share Image
I don't worry about playing basketball; that comes natural. I just want to have fun. David Robinson, Patrick Ewing, Michael Jordan: this… — Charles Barkley Copy Share Image
What bothers me the most are the Republicans and the Democrats: they act like little kids. They are lying to real people out here… — Charles Barkley Copy Share
I played against him (Wilkins) in college. Getting nominated with him, that's pretty cool. — Charles Barkley Copy Share
Everybody in the world has an ego. The only difference between us is we have a reason to have an ego. — Charles Barkley Copy Share
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 Copy Share
I just wish all these young black kids would realize how significant it is to stop acting a fool out there, killing each other,… — Charles Barkley Copy Share
I wish the American public wasn't so stupid if they realized that half the people on television make a living just to insult the… — Charles Barkley Copy Share
Everything gets blamed on the Clintons, every single thing in this world. I think Bill Clinton shot JFK, too. — Charles Barkley Copy Share
I'm not a role model... Just because I dunk a basketball doesn't mean I should raise your kids. — Charles Barkley Copy Share
