My thing is, when Barkley played basketball, he didn't practice, he wasn't a leader, he wasn't this or that, he just had natural talent so he got chosen to the Dream Team, All Star team because he had the talent… — Charles Oakley Copy Share Image
Even though I retired, I work out four to five days a week, run two to three miles, I play ball. — Charles Oakley Copy Share
I was in New York, I went to a Yankees game and I called and said, 'Can I get tickets to the Knicks game?'… — Charles Oakley Copy Share
In the old days Michael Jordan and Larry Bird worked for everything they got. They worked hard on their game. — Charles Oakley Copy Share
You can't play Around the World in the NBA, you've gotta go to the basket. — Charles Oakley Copy Share
My thing was, if somebody talks about you this and that, you got to go prove them wrong. — Charles Oakley Copy Share
You can't say, 'You're a scorer, you score. You rebound, you rebound.' Basketball is more than that. Basketball is knowing the next step, knowing… — Charles Oakley Copy Share
I'm in New York every two weeks. I don't have to ring a bell when I come to the city. I just do what… — Charles Oakley Copy Share
Coming from the inner city of Cleveland and growing up you never expected a street to be named after you or anything. It's a… — Charles Oakley Copy Share
I shoot five or six times, go out and play defense and make sure everything is clicking. I'm like a transmission in a car.… — Charles Oakley Copy Share
