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 don't believe professional athletes should be role models. I believe parents should be role models.... It's not like it was when I was growing up. My mom and my grandmother told me how it was going to be. If I didn't like it, they said, Don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way out. Parents have to take better control.
I was asked for years about being a Republican, probably because most black people are Democrats. My mother heard it once and called me and said 'Charles, Republicans are for the rich people.' And I said, 'Mom, I'm rich.'
We were hoping to try for a top five in the points and now we're trying to hold on for a top 10,
Where the Red Cross has helped is in determining what families get these homes, ... That's the hard part, picking who gets what.
America is divided by economics, and we as Americans, we've got to do a better job of supporting poor people.
I'm so sick and tired of people in the media telling us that because of the war, sports aren't important. Fans need sports. We'd have only crime and war to watch on TV if not for sports.
I don't have time to put up with the politics. Who's a Democrat? Who's a Republican? Who's liberal? Who's conservative? Man, can my daughter just go to a school and not get killed? Can these people get a good job? That's what I'm concerned about.
I don't believe athletes should be role models. . . . We're a one-shot deal, one in a million, so we should be the least likely role models. . . . I think one of the problems in society today is that we don't stress education enough, because we glorify athletes, actors and actresses.
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 somebody hits you with an object you should beat the hell out of them.
I think you have an obligation to be honest.
We're not all supposed to think alike.
You can't start a diet in the middle of the week, that's just stupid.