Quotes by Charles Barkley

“The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not”

“Poor people have been voting for big government liberalism for 50 years... and they are still poor.”

“On game days, I could be in the worst mood imagiable-a really bad mood. But sometimes, I'd get a call from the Make-A-Wish Foundation-there would be people, sometimes kids, who anted to meet me bef...”

“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 ...”

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

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

“Can I Play??”

“I am not a role model. I’m not paid to be a role model. I’m paid to wreak havoc on the basketball court. Parents should be role models. Just because I dunk a basketball doesn’t mean I should raise ...”

“Oklahoma is nothing but vast wasteland; no place for black people.”

“The Oklahoma Sooners and the Hornets are the only brothers in town.”

“At the time of this comment, the NBA team then known as the New Orleans Hornets (now the New Orleans Pelicans) was playing in Oklahoma City following extensive damage to New Orleans by Hurricane Ka...”

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

“I was going to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized that I have no character.”

“You know it's gone to hell, when the best rapper out there is a white guy and the best golfer is a black guy.”

“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.”