Charles Barkley

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

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

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

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

“The Republicans always do a good job of dividing and conquering. They do a really good job of making black folks, poor white folks, and Hispanics not like each other.”

“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.”

“It ain't like we're curing cancer or anything, we're watching basketball.”

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

“'War Eagle' is like 'I love you.'”

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

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

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

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

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

“I accept the media for what they are. Most of them are really good people. Some of them are scumbags.”

“I'm not paid to be a role model, parents should be role models.”

“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.”

“What I try to do is, I just want the fans to enjoy the game.”

“Poor people are too stupid to know they're just chess pieces in a game.”

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