A biography for Charles Oakleyhasn’t been written yet.
“People say, 'You're old.' Old ain't nothing. You've got new cars that break down and old cars that pass them.”
“I'm like a toll booth. Sooner or later, you have to come to me.”
“Some guys get by on natural athletic ability. And then when they reach a certain point, they got to put in the time before and after practice and in the off-season.”
“I've got too much heart and pride for the game.”
“You can't shut somebody up by losing.”
“In Chicago, they wanted Michael to do his thing and me to be just rebound. I'm more than a rebounder.”
“I don't have any specialties. Anything I cook, I just make it special.”
“If I would compare anybody to Michael Jordan, it would be Kobe Bryant.”
“I always try to treat people with respect and I just don't know. I got three assault cases for no reason.”
“There's been a thing with Detroit and the Bulls ever since I've been in the league.”
“Potential is like a summer crop. If it don't rain, it don't grow.”
“I shoot five or six times, go out and play defense and make sure everything is clicking. I'm like a transmission in a car. You can't see me, but I make the car go.”
“I'm always willing to work stuff out, because I'm that type of guy.”
“When you walk out here with the Bobcats logo, stand for something. Not wearing your hat to the back, sagging jeans. Be a professional, that's how I present myself to them.”
“I'm a trendsetter. I'm a leader, not a follower.”
“If you're picky, you have to learn about cooking.”
“Coming from the inner city of Cleveland and growing up you never expected a street to be named after you or anything. It's a special honor.”
“Every headline in the paper, I don't write them. My story's inside the paper, not the headline.”
“I was in New York, I went to a Yankees game and I called and said, 'Can I get tickets to the Knicks game?' They said, 'We can't get you tickets no more to the Knicks game.'... They had tickets, but they said they didn't have no tickets for me.”