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.

Quote by Charles Barkley

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Poor people cannot rely on the government to come to help you in times of...

Poor people cannot rely on the government to come to help you in times of...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kids are great. That's one of the best things about our business, all the kids...

Kids are great. That's one of the best things about our business, all the kids...

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

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

I think that the team that wins game five will win the series. Unless we...

I think that the team that wins game five will win the series. Unless we...

They run like deer, jump like deer and think like deer.

They run like deer, jump like deer and think like deer.

My family got all over me because they said Bush is only for the rich...

My family got all over me because they said Bush is only for the rich...

If somebody hits you with an object you should beat the hell out of them.

If somebody hits you with an object you should beat the hell out of them.

My initial response was to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized...

My initial response was to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized...

If I weren't earning $3 million a year to dunk a basketball, most people on...

If I weren't earning $3 million a year to dunk a basketball, most people on...

I don't know what that gas is made of, but it can't smell any worse...

I don't know what that gas is made of, but it can't smell any worse...

I don't care what people think. people are stupid.

I don't care what people think. people are stupid.

We don't need refs, but I guess white guys need something to do.

We don't need refs, but I guess white guys need something to do.

Somebody hits me, I'm going to hit him back. Even if it does look like...

Somebody hits me, I'm going to hit him back. Even if it does look like...

The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes...

The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes...

These are my new shoes. They're good shoes. They won't make you rich like me,...

These are my new shoes. They're good shoes. They won't make you rich like me,...

I'm no role model.

I'm no role model.

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

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