A biography for Charles Barkleyhasn’t been written yet.
“I'm a mad dog whose only concern is winning.”
“Every player has played with gay guys.”
“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.”
“I know that I'm never as good or bad as any single performance. I've never believed my critics or my worshippers, and I've always been able to leave the game at the arena.”
“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.”
“One of the reasons I don't trust the media is you can't have a double standard for guys you like and dislike.”
“We never discuss race in this country until something bad happens.”
“I live in Arizona. I think the Hispanic people are amazing. I think when people talk about illegal immigration... it does them a disservice.”
“Anybody who walks out peacefully, who protests peacefully, that's what this country was built on.”
“But when I see a story on welfare on television, they only show black people.”
“We're not all supposed to think alike.”
“You know it's going to hell when the best rapper out there is white and the best golfer is black.”
“I'm willing to sit down with anybody and have constructive criticism.”
“I don't care what people think. People are stupid.”
“Roy Moore was an embarrassment.”
“I really like ESPN. They do a great job.”
“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.”
“When you steal from somebody, you are saying to them, 'I don't respect how hard you worked for your money.' When somebody steals from you, that's what they're saying.”
“I'm never going to be one of those guys who gets on TV and yells and screams. That's not how I do my business. But I'm very aware of social responsibility.”
“If you get a chance to play with great players, that's half the battle.”