Charles Barkley

“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.”

“All I know is, as long as I led the league in scoring, I know I was getting my shots.”

“I am not a role model. I'm not paid to be a role model. I'm paid to wreak havoc on the basketball court. Parents should be role models. Just because I dunk a basketball doesn't mean I should raise your kids.”

“If you are afraid of failure you don't deserve to be successful!”

“The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.”

“I don't create controversies. They're there long before I open my mouth. I just bring them to your attention.”

“I've been poor and I've been rich. Rich is better.”

“I can be bought. If they paid me enough, I'd work for the Klan.”

“My initial response was to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized that I had no character.”

“The older you get, the better you were.”

“I know I'm never going to be a rocket scientist. I'm not a neural surgeon. But I'm a pretty good basketball player, and I'm a pretty good TV guy. And I'm a pretty good golfer.”

“I don't care what people think. People are stupid.”

“You go to college to get a degree. Not to play basketball.”

“When you're a celebrity, you're a celebrity 24 hours a day.”

“Yeah, I'm a classy guy. I'm a hell of a guy. I'm a philanthropist.”

“I'm a grinder. I'm not a star. I'm a guy who's going to go out there and work hard.”

“Turmoil is part of the business of basketball.”