Quotes from Charles Barkley

I believe ghosts are like dogs and they just sort of do things arbitrarily.

One billion b-balls dribbling simultaneously throughout the galaxy. One trillion b-balls being slam dunked through a hoop throughout the cosmos. I can feel every single b-ball that has ever existed at my fingertips, I can feel their collective knowledge channeling through my veins. Every jumpshot, every rebound and three-pointer, every layup, dunk, and free throw. I am there.

The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not

If you are afraid of failure you don't deserve to be successful.

Poor people have been voting for big government liberalism for 50 years... and they are still poor.

I am not a role model. I am not paid to be a role model. I am paid to wreak havoc on the basketball court. Parents should be role models. Just because I dunk a basketball, doesn't mean I should raise your kids.

I don't care what people think, people are stupid

I might go my whole life stealing money. I got paid to play basketball, which is a scam. I get paid to watch basketball, which is a scam.

I've only met LeBron casually. He's always been great to me. I think I've been great and cordial to him, but this notion that we have to be friends - we're never gonna be friends. And that's not a negative thing.

I'm not going to get upset because somebody said something bad about me.

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

I never would say a player stinks. Ever. I'll tell you their team stinks, and first of all, they know their team stinks. And the fans know their team stinks.

If I'm going to be straightforward, like I always try to be, I know guys are going to come back at me sometimes.

I'd love to see an openly gay player, a really, really good gay player come out.

I can be bought. If they paid me enough, I'd work for the Klan.

If you go out with a girl and they say she has a great personality, she's ugly. If they tell you a guy works hard, he can't play a lick. Same thing.

There's no such thing as a vegetarian.

I don't care what people think. People are stupid.

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

We're not all supposed to think alike.

If ifs were gifts, every day would be Christmas.

Racism is the greatest cancer of my lifetime.

The older I get, the faster I was.

What does politically correct mean? If you're fat, don't ask me if you're fat, because I'm gonna tell you the truth. You're fat.