Explore Quotes by Charles Barkley

Just because you say something doesn't make it controversial, and it doesn't make you a bad person.

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

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

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

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

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.

Any professional league that goes on strike right now - that's just suicide.

I love New York City; I've got a gun.

My initial response was to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized that I had no character.

The main thing to do is relax and let your talent do the work.

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

I think you have an obligation to be honest.

If somebody hits you with an object you should beat the hell out of them.

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

My family got all over me because they said Bush is only for the rich people. Then I reminded them, 'Hey, I'm rich'.

Sometimes that light at the end of the tunnel is a train.

Somebody hits me, I'm going to hit him back. Even if it does look like he hasn't eaten in a while.

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.

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.

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

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