50 Best Charles Barkley Quotes
50 Best Charles Barkley Quotes (FUNNY)

Written by Sufyan.lali

May 6, 2024

Charles Barkley Quotes:

"Poor people have been voting for Democrats for the last 50 years and they’re still poor."

1. “Poor people have been voting for Democrats for the last 50 years and they’re still poor.”

– charles barkley

2. “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.”

– charles barkley

3. “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.”

– charles barkley

4. “I would love to be a general manager just for the challenge.”

– charles barkley

"Listening to a woman is almost as bad as losing to one. There are only three things that women are better at than men: cleaning, cooking, and having sex."

5. “Listening to a woman is almost as bad as losing to one. There are only three things that women are better at than men: cleaning, cooking, and having sex.”

– charles barkley

6. “Bill Clinton is the greatest president of my lifetime. Period.”

– charles barkley

7. “It’s my job, with the position of power that I’m in and being able to be on television, I’m supposed to stand up for the people who can’t stand up for themselves.

– charles barkley

8. “If Michael Jordan was a damn plumber, he couldn’t get a date. Any guy got $500 million looks good.

– charles barkley

9. “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.

– charles barkley

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

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

– charles barkley

11. “I don’t think of myself as giving interviews. I just have conversations. That gets me in trouble.”

– charles barkley

12. “I don’t believe in statistics. There are too many factors that can’t be measured. You can’t measure a ballplayer’s heart.”

– charles barkley

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

– charles barkley

14. “If you can’t slam with the best, then jam with the rest.”

– charles barkley

"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."

15. “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.”

– charles barkley

16. “If I got a chance to play with another great player, I want to do that. I mean, the objective is to win.”

– charles barkley

17. “I love sports because it takes me away from reality, and I tell people, ‘No matter how bad your life is, if you are having problems at home, you are having problems at work, that’s the beauty of sports.”

– charles barkley

18. “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.”

– charles barkley

19. “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.”

– charles barkley

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

20. “If you get a chance to play with great players, that’s half the battle.”

– charles barkley

21. “Look, I’m in the top 20 of players who ever lived.”

– charles barkley

22. “I may be wrong, but I doubt it.”

– charles barkley

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

– charles barkley

24. “There’s only 5 real jobs in the world. Teacher, fireman, policeman, doctor and somebody who is in the armed service. If you don’t have one of those 5 jobs, you shouldn’t take your life that serious.”

– charles barkley

"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."

25. “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.”

– charles barkley

26. “For some reason, we’re brainwashed to think if you’re not a thug or an idiot, you’re not black enough. If you go to school, make good grades, speak intelligent, and don’t break the law, you’re not a good black person.”

– charles barkley

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

– charles barkley

28. “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.”

– charles barkley

29. “I think sports has done a disservice for a lot of black kids thinking they can only be successful through athletics and entertainment. I want them to know they can be doctors, lawyers, teachers, fireman, police officers.”

– charles barkley

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

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

– charles barkley

20 Best Charles Barkley Funny Quotes :

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

1. “Golf is fun – until you hit somebody in the head.”

– charles barkley

2. “I remember sitting down with the Rockets and saying, ‘Yeah. I’m going to retire.’ They said, ‘Well, we’ll give you $9 million.’ And I said, ‘You got a pen on you.”

– charles barkley

3. “I love everybody. Some I love to be around, some I love to avoid, and others I’d love to punch in the face.”

– charles barkley

4. “Just because you watch ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ doesn’t mean you can do the operation.”

– charles barkley

"Sometimes that light at the end of the tunnel is a train."

5. “Sometimes that light at the end of the tunnel is a train.”

– charles barkley

6. “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.”

– charles barkley

7. “At some point, I don’t want to have any obligation. And just chill out.”

– charles barkley

8. “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.”

– charles barkley

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

– charles barkley

“Every time I think about changing a diaper, I run a little bit harder and a little bit faster to make sure I can afford a nanny until my daughter’s old enough to take care of that herself.”

10. “Every time I think about changing a diaper, I run a little bit harder and a little bit faster to make sure I can afford a nanny until my daughter’s old enough to take care of that herself.”

– charles barkley

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

– charles barkley

12. “Nobody doesn’t like meat.”

– charles barkley

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

– charles barkley

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

– charles barkley

"I always laugh when people ask me about rebounding techniques. I’ve got a technique. It’s called just go get the damn ball."

15. “I always laugh when people ask me about rebounding techniques. I’ve got a technique. It’s called just go get the damn ball.”

– charles barkley

16. “I remember sitting down with the Rockets and saying, ‘Yeah, I’m gonna retire.’ They said, ‘Well, we’ll give you $9 million.’ And I said, ‘You got a pen on you?”

– charles barkley

17. “My initial response was to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized that I had no character.”

– charles barkley

18. “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.”

– charles barkley

19. “There’s no such thing as a vegetarian.”

– charles barkley

"I think that the team that wins game five will win the series. Unless we lose game five."

20. “I think that the team that wins game five will win the series. Unless we lose game five.”

– charles barkley

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