America Quote by Shannon Sharpe

Charles Barkley played in an era where he was never the guy. He always had to take a back seat to Michael Jordan, Magic…

— Shannon Sharpe

I love Charles Barkley, he's a good friend of mine and he's a funny guy. He knows nothing about college basketball. Less than nothing.

— Jim Boeheim

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…

— Charles Oakley

The actual act of sitting out doesn't directly fight systemic racism. But it does highlight the reality that without black athletes, the NBA wouldn't…

— Avery Bradley

Robinson was important to all blacks. To make it into the majors and to take all the name calling, he had to be something…

— Willie Mays

The NBA is getting bigger. Basketball is getting better around the world. There are more players. There are better coaches around it, so that's…

— Jose Calderon

We Latinos are in a growing stage in the NBA. It's all part of the international basketball boom.

— Manu Ginobili

Ethnic life in the United States has become a sort of contest like baseball in which the blacks are always the Chicago Cubs.

— Ishmael Reed

I don't think you can explain why all these other sports and college basketball have a fair representation of African American coaches, but college…

— Frank Deford

After Jackie Robinson the most important black in baseball history is Reggie Jackson, I really mean that.

— Reggie Jackson

There are so many intelligent former black players, guys like Luther Blissett and Cyrille Regis, who never got a chance to become a top…

— John Barnes

Charles Barkley taught me a lot when I played against him. How he would use his body or use his dribble to get people…

— Tim Duncan