Charles Barkley is a former NBA superstar, who was voted as one of the fifty greatest players of all-time. Barkley is well known for his strong opinions, and ability to speak his mind without fear of judgment.

1. Born: February 20, 1963 (Leeds, Alabama)
2. Height: 6 ft 6 in
3. Weight: 252+ lb
4. Nicknames: Sir Charles, The Round Mound of Rebound, The Chuckster

Sports Quotes

• Wikiquote: Charles Barkley
  • "Do I have a gambling problem? I do have a gambling problem, but it's not really a problem because I can afford to gamble."
    
    
  • "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. Same thing."
    
    
  • "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."
    
    
  • "People always ask me if I had any regrets in my career, remember when I threw that guy out the window, I regret I was on the first floor"
    
    
  • "If you are afraid of failure you don't deserve to be successful!"
    
    
  • "Almost all those politicians took money from Enron, and there they are holding hearings. That's like O.J. Simpson getting in the Rae Carruth jury pool."

• BrainyQuote: Charles Barkley
  • "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."
    
    
  • "I'm no role model. "
    
    
  • "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."
    
    
  • 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."
    
    
  • "My family got all over me because they said Bush is only for the rich people. Then I reminded them, 'Hey, I'm rich'. "
    
    
  • "Sometimes that light at the end of the tunnel is a train. "

• Thinkexist.com: Charles Barkley Quotes
  • "I don't care what people think. people are stupid."
    
    
  • "You know it's going to hell when the best rapper out there is white and the best golfer is black."
    
    
  • "We don't need refs, but I guess white guys need something to do."