Quotes from Charles Barkley

My idea of religion is we are supposed to bring people together. We are not supposed to judge other people.

People say I eat a lot. I really don't. More or less I just eat all the time.

Every time I hear the word conservative it makes me sick to my stomach.

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.

All the poor white people, all the poor black people, all the Hispanics, they're in the same boat. They've got no economic opportunities.

Golf is fun - until you hit somebody in the head.

What we, as black people, need to do is we need to worry about our education.

I'm not going to waste my time worrying about these Confederate statues. That's wasted energy.

I don't know what that gas is made of, but it can't smell any worse than Ernie Johnson 's gym bag.

One of the worst days of my life was telling Dick Ebersol I was going to TNT.

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

What bothers me the most are the Republicans and the Democrats: they act like little kids. They are lying to real people out here trying to get through life.

I think anybody who is racist is an idiot whether they are black or white.

Anybody who is racist, I just I think they are an idiot.

I live in Arizona. I think the Hispanic people are amazing. I think when people talk about illegal immigration... it does them a disservice.

In the locker room, and when I'm with my friends, we use racial slurs... What I do with my black friends is not up to white America to dictate to me what's appropriate and inappropriate.

I love New York City; I've got a gun.

To think that everybody's like you is silly.

When I get on TV, I'm going to be talking about a silly basketball game, and I'm going to be having a lot of fun doing it. But I'm very aware of all the social stuff going on.

Everybody wants to protect their own tribe, whether they are right or wrong.

If you are born poor, whether white or black, you are going to be in a bad neighborhood and go to a bad school. If you are making three million dollars a year, a couple hundred thousand in taxes ain't gonna kill you.

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 know I'm never as good or bad as one single performance. I've never believed in my critics or my worshippers, and I've always been able to leave the game at the arena.

I just grew up a poor black kid in Alabama with a single mom and two brothers.