Quotes from Charles Barkley

The only people who distrust the cops are crooks. They're not out there just harassing innocent people. Maybe sometimes they do. But there's no inherent situation where cops are deliberately out there harassing people.

We're the only ethnic group that says, 'Hey, if you go to jail, it gives you street cred.'

Any time you criticize these young guys, they call you a hater. They never ask you if the criticism is fair or not.

I remember I'd be sleeping in the airport at 5 o'clock in the morning, traveling three hours, and playing a game that day. We never even chartered until my third year in the NBA.

I live in Arizona, and I don't like the way they treat Hispanics there.

It's interesting - the greatest country in the world, we shouldn't have people starving. We shouldn't have young people not getting something to eat.

One of the reasons I don't trust the media is you can't have a double standard for guys you like and dislike.

I have nothing against old people; I want to be one myself one day.

I didnt wear the pink panties because I didnt want America going crazy with excitement.

At some point, I don't want to have any obligation. And just chill out.

If I screw up, I'm gonna say, 'You know what? I really screwed up.' That's all you can do. Some people gonna forgive you, some people not gonna forgive you. That's just the way it works.

It drives me crazy when guys making $30 million are complaining about playing basketball two days in a row.

Any professional athlete who gets on TV or radio and says he never played with a gay guy is a stone-freakin' idiot.

The president of the United States should not be tweeting.

One of my biggest regrets ever was not taking the time to go to South Africa to meet Nelson Mandela. That is a big regret of mine. I should have figured out a way.

I'm no role model.

Roy Moore was an embarrassment.

If you are black on television, you are probably going to be some kind of thug, gangster, or portrayed in a negative light. If you are some type of Muslim, you are going to be blowing stuff up. If you are Hispanic, you are going to be some type of gangbanger. I've felt like this for years.

I think it is important for me to speak out on social issues. Sometimes people will agree with me. Sometimes people will disagree with me. I don't take that personally.

That's one of the problems with this country: they put you in a box. You're a Republican, you're a Democrat, you're conservative, you're liberal. And that's really unfair.

These are my new shoes. They're good shoes. They won't make you rich like me, they won't make you rebound like me, they definitely won't make you handsome like me. They'll only make you have shoes like me. That's it.

We can't pick out certain incidentals that don't go our way and act like the cops are all bad... Do you know how bad some of these neighborhoods would be if it wasn't for the cops?

I think Nick Saban is the greatest college football coach in history over there in Tuscaloosa.

If somebody hits you with an object you should beat the hell out of them.