Charles Barkley
Charles Barkley
Charles Wade Barkleyis an American retired professional basketball player and current analyst on the television program Inside the NBA. Nicknamed "Chuck", "Sir Charles", and "The Round Mound of Rebound", Barkley established himself as one of the National Basketball Association's most dominating power forwards. He was drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers with the 5th pick of the 1984 NBA draft. He was selected to the All-NBA First Team five times, the All-NBA Second Team five times, and once to the All-NBA...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth20 February 1963
CityLeeds, AL
CountryUnited States of America
I read that heavy drinking is bad for your health. I decided I better stop reading.
It's something we thought about coming into the Olympics, but it's not something we thought would happen. I just feel bad for all the families involved.
That caught us by surprise because this was the year the construction of the Rockville District Court was supposed to begin.
I feel bad for the people who were killed, and I feel bad for the people who were injured,
Are you kidding me? It's a four-day party in Houston, and life doesn't get much better than that.
Dr. King would be No. 1 thrilled with the racial advances we've made, but he would be disappointed in the state of black America with all this black-on-black crime, teenage pregnancies, kids not getting an education.
This is the most wide open I've ever seen the NBA playoffs. The only thing that would surprise me is if San Antonio and Detroit aren't in the Finals. Anything else wouldn't surprise me.
They can't beat Detroit, first of all. But they aren't athletic enough, they don't guard, they have trouble with athletic people, the guards especially.
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.
I don't think the fans realize that we didn't win (the NBA Finals).
This is the most wide open I've ever seen the NBA playoffs. I mean, if the Clippers made it to the Western Conference finals, I wouldn't be shocked. If Denver made it to the Western Conference finals, I wouldn't be shocked.
serious and sensitive issues such as race and education.
No matter how great a coach he is, there comes a time when it's not working. They shouldn't be this bad. The players are tuning him out.
There's no one in the West even close to the Spurs. They're so much better than anybody else.