Quotes by Charles Barkley

I don't care what people think. people are stupid.
– Charles Barkley
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.
– Charles Barkley
I know that I'm never as good or bad as any single performance. I've never believed my critics or my worshippers, and I've always been able to leave the game at the arena.
– Charles Barkley
I love New York City; I've got a gun.
– Charles Barkley
I think that the team that wins game five will win the series. Unless we lose game five.
– Charles Barkley
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.
– Charles Barkley
Kids are great. That's one of the best things about our business, all the kids you get to meet. It's a shame they have to grow up to be regular people and come to the games and call you names.
– Charles Barkley
My family got all over me because they said Bush is only for the rich people. Then I reminded them, 'Hey, I'm rich'.
– Charles Barkley
My initial response was to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized that I had no character.
– Charles Barkley
Somebody hits me, I'm going to hit him back. Even if it does look like he hasn't eaten in a while.
– Charles Barkley
The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.
– Charles Barkley
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.
– Charles Barkley
You know it's going to hell when the best rapper out there is white and the best golfer is black.
– Charles Barkley
You got to believe in yourself. Hell, I believe I'm the best-looking guy in the world & I might be right.
– Charles Barkley
I don't hate anyone, at least not for more than 48 minutes, barring overtime.
– Charles Barkley
If you go out with a girl and they say she has a great personality, she's ugly. If they tell you a guy works hard, he's got no skills.
– Charles Barkley
This place? Nothing positive. OK, I want to say something positive. It's positively a dump.
– Charles Barkley
See, my hope and dream is that people have a good time watching basketball. It's not church. It's not serious.
– Charles Barkley
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.
– Charles Barkley
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.
– Charles Barkley