Explore Quotes by Charles Barkley

I’d rather have a gay guy who can play than a straight guy who can’t play.

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

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.

I just thank God for Dennis [Rodman], cause he makes me look like a saint.

I don't know anything about Angola, but Angola's in trouble.

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

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

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

I'd never buy my girl a watch... she's already got a clock over the stove.

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

I read that heavy drinking is bad for your health. I decided I better stop reading.

Preseason is just a way to screw fans out of money.

Everybody in the world has an ego. The only difference between us is we have a reason to have an ego.

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.

If ifs were gifts, every day would be Christmas.

I never would say a player stinks. Ever. I'll tell you their team stinks, and first of all, they know their team stinks. And the fans know their team stinks.

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.

This place? Nothing positive. OK, I want to say something positive. It's positively a dump.

I don't think of myself as giving interviews. I just have conversations. That gets me in trouble.

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.

See, my hope and dream is that people have a good time watching basketball. It's not church. It's not serious.