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 think you have an obligation to be honest.
We're not all supposed to think alike.
I think anybody who is racist is an idiot whether they are black or white.
They run like deer, jump like deer and think like deer.
I don't think of myself as giving interviews. I just have conversations. That gets me in trouble.
Everybody in New York thinks the Knicks are Playboy bunnies, and I have been telling them for years the Knicks are a rabbit. They're closer to a Playboy bunny this year but for the last few years these guys are like, 'We have a really good team!' And I say, 'You really think that?' And I say, 'No, they don't.' But this is the best team they've had in a while.
I think the biggest problem is parents are so concerned with being friends with their kids. You're not their friend. You're their parent.
I don't care what people think. people are stupid.
I want to be a politician. I think I understand how the system works, I think a lot of politicians are corrupt, and it's about time we put some people in there who are going to look out for the majority of the people instead of the rich people.
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.