Quotes from Charles Barkley

Well, all I can say is that people know I'm not saying anything out of malice.

I'm not paid to be a role model, parents should be role models.

I have voted Democrat my entire life.

I was only 5'10'' until I was a senior in high school.

If you get a chance to play with great players, that's half the battle.

Fans have this perception that they can say anything to you because you are a celebrity.

Just because you say something doesn't make it controversial, and it doesn't make you a bad person.

Neither one of the parties is doing anything for poor people. They're both full of it. Black people have been voting Democratic their whole life, and they're still poor. And the Republicans don't do anything for poor people, either.

Anybody who walks out peacefully, who protests peacefully, that's what this country was built on.

People like you as long as you agree with them. But that doesn't bother me.

If you're a poor white person and your life sucks, it's easy for you to blame Hispanics cos you don't want to look in the mirror and say, 'I'm the reason my life sucks.' The Republicans do a good job exploiting that.

I truly believe that building bridges, not building walls and not giving into fear, will make our communities better.

'War Eagle' is like 'I love you.'

It ain't like we're curing cancer or anything, we're watching basketball.

I like Chris Christie. I like Jeb Bush. I like those guys.

Half Man, Half Sit-Out-The-Season.

Say, Cuttino. What are those Godawful clothes you're wearing? Man, this ain't Rhode Island anymore. You're in the NBA. The girls have teeth here.

Everything gets blamed on the Clintons, every single thing in this world. I think Bill Clinton shot JFK, too.

Preseason is just a way to screw fans out of money.

I just thank God for Dennis [Rodman], cause he makes me look like a saint.

Thank God for Jerry Springer's show. I thought only black folks were that screwed up until I watched Jerry Springer.

You know what I always say about basketball whenever anybody tried to tell me the Knicks are gonna be good: They're old. Old people don't get healthy. They die.

I read that heavy drinking is bad for your health. I decided I better stop reading.

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.