Quotes from Charles Barkley

The main thing to do is relax and let your talent do the work.

Anytime a fan touches you, you have the right to beat the hell out of him.

I can't screw up Alabama... We are number 48 in everything and Arkansas and Mississippi aren't going anywhere.

It's great to be hosting SNL again. I hosted sixteen years ago. Back then I was in great shape, I was coming off an MVP season with the Phoenix Suns - now, I play bad golf, drink, sometimes I get arrested.

You can't start a diet in the middle of the week, that's just stupid.

Only poor people go to jail.

You know it's gone to hell, when the best rapper out there is a white guy and the best golfer is a black guy.

I don't know much about Angola, but I know one thing, they're in a lot of trouble.

I'm not a role model.

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.

This place? Nothing positive. OK, I want to say something positive. It's positively a dump.

If ifs were gifts, every day would be Christmas.

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

Somebody hits me, I'm going to hit him back. Even if it does look like he hasn't eaten in a while.

You know it's going to hell when the best rapper out there is white and the best golfer is black.

See, my hope and dream is that people have a good time watching basketball. It's not church. It's not serious.

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.

One thing about being famous is the people around you, you pay all their bills so they very rarely disagree with you because they want you to pick up the check.

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.

I do not use words like liberal or conservative. You can ask me a question and I will give you an answer. Those are words rich people on television use to divide and conquer.

Stevie Wonder could make one of 23 shots." - On North Carolina missing 22 of its last 23 shots in losing to Georgetown in the NCAA tournament.

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

You think your parents are a pain in the ass now, but they're going to get smarter as you get older.

If God's so good, why didn't he give you a jump shot?