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Charles Barkley

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Charles Barkley is the kind of thinker who lets the words do the talking — and they talk volumes. Charles Barkley's observations on Sports are as sharp as their thoughts on Positive, revealing genuine breadth of mind. Discover 12 of Charles Barkley's most memorable quotes, ranging across Sports, Positive, Hope, Government, and Famous. As Charles Barkley put it: "This place? Nothing positive. OK, I want to say something positive. It's positively a dump."

“Kids are great. That's one of the best things about our business, all the kids you get to meet. It's a shame they have to grow up to be regular people and come to the games and call you names.”

— Charles Barkley

Business

All Quotes by Charles Barkley

“My family got all over me because they said Bush is only for the rich people. Then I reminded them, 'Hey, I'm rich'.”

— Charles Barkley

Family

“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

Education

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

— Charles Barkley

Hope

“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

Sports

“Kids are great. That's one of the best things about our business, all the kids you get to meet. It's a shame they have to grow up to be regular people and come to the games and call you names.”

— Charles Barkley

Business

“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

Sports

“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

Anger

“This place? Nothing positive. OK, I want to say something positive. It's positively a dump.”

— Charles Barkley

Positive

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

— Charles Barkley

Best

“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

Famous