About Craig Sager wearing a reflective silver suit to the 2001 NBA All-Star game: "I don't have anything against black people, white people or any kind of people, but when you start letting pimps interview people, that's where I draw the line." ------------------------ On a TNT telecast a few years ago, Kenny Smith was going on and on about his two championship rings. He said that, in a show of appreciation for their efforts, he gave one ring to his father and the other to his brother because "they were the ones who helped me get them". Charles quipped, "You should have given them to Hakeem."
On being late to a January 19, 1987, Philadelphia 76ers pregame meeting before a game against the Phoenix Suns: "These games interfere with my soap operas."
Politics is too corrupt. You know how you can tell politics is corrupt? President Bush is going to raise $250 million for a job that pays $400,000. Now tell me there isn't something wrong there.
When talking about the dunk that Ricky Davis completely screwed up at the 2004 All-Star weekend's dunk contest: "The operation was a success, but the patient died."
Hollered at a rookie opponent on the foul line late in a critical playoff game: "Yo, rookie! Your ass is so tight, you couldn't get a pea pod up there with a jackhammer!!" Probably the best piece of trash talk, ever, uttered by none other than the legendary Sir Charles of Barkley himself.
On Elton Brand playing for the terrible Clippers: "I feel sorry for Elton Brand. He is an unbelievable player, but he has to spend his whole life in purgatory."
this is not right... "You know what Ernie? Damn! I mean the good damn. There are different kinds of damn. This is not the kind of damn that you use to describe Mike Tyson." -- Charles Barkley, on the picture of Serena Williams in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
Re: Charles Barkley Quotes (R) - insomiac edition two Charles Barkley moments--no quotes... 1. Spitting at a fan... (all too familiar here, and that's the only thing I'm going to say...) he was fined by the league and apologized to the poor girl. 2. His game battles against Robin Ficker, the old Washington Bullets heckler... forget Reggie Miller v Spike Lee, Ficker v Barkley/Jordan/Bird et al has got to rank as classic in every sense. Annoying: yes, but at least Ficker was clean and verbose in his speech. Even Larry Bird said in his autobiography that if there were open season for fans, Ficker would be the first he'd get. And, he didn't renew when the Bullets moved to downtown DC and changed their named to the Wizards, and he had attempted a foray into politics but wasn't successful... and Charles is cool, though he would have trade his Olympic bling for an NBA championship ring... OK, back to the quotes, and keeping this guestbook alive...
http://espn.go.com/page2/s/hruby/031119.html Looks like Sir Charles did his homework, and decided to have him as gamesmanship against his buddy Michael during the 1993 Finals... He decided to use the heckler to irk the other team this time around... At the request of Charles Barkley, Ficker even traveled to the 1993 NBA Finals in Phoenix, where he razzed Michael Jordan about a series of gambling allegations. "Barkley got me a seat behind the Bulls bench, so I brought these huge playing cards, dice and a bunch of dollar bills," Ficker said. "During the game, I'm dealing [Jordan] a hand and asking him what he wants to bet. And he's turning around and holding up three fingers. It was fun." Alas, the Bulls won the series. In Phoenix. Still, at least Ficker knew his target. http://dragonballyee.blogs.com/philly/2004/11/robin_ficker_re.html Love him or hate him, he was a smart heckler--no racial comments, no drinking, no cursing, and no comments about kids. It got under the player's skin, but still, it worked.
Moving this one up! Lizzo as Sir Charles: I speak my mind and i'm being myself. I meant what I said (as always), and I said what I meant. (A bald headed guy) is faithful, one hundred percent. With a nod from Dr. Seuss! OK, fair enough--point taken. Sound like Horton the Elephant there.
TNT showed a clip of Allen Iverson saying he was so happy, he wanted to kiss his new coach on the lips. Ernie then asked the crew if they ever felt the same way. Charles Barkley said, "I played for some ugly coaches: Billy Cunningham, Jim Lynam, and Rudy Tomjonavich".
Awesome. Gotta love some Charles Barkley. Like Charles, I'm from Birmingham and my friends and I would occasionally run into him around town. This is my favorite local Charles story: A buddy was picking up his girlfriend from the airport. Charles was on the same flight as her, but, being in first class, he got off the plane first. My friend walks right up to him, bear hugs him, picks him up and screams, "I LOVE YOU CHARLES BARKLEY!" Charles laughs, picks him up and says "I love you too man." He probably would've punched anyone else in the face, but my friend is the kind of guy that can get away with stuff like that.
While watching someone in Australia put $1 million worth of rubies on a table: "Damn, must not be any black folks in Australia. You can't just leave $1 million worth of jewelry lying around the 'hood."
During the 1992 Olympics in Spain: "I really miss America. I miss hearing if anybody's shot somebody lately."
[result]but you're an Asian babe trapped in a body of a British girl[/result] Chucky would have said that!
Time to bump this one up! "Barry Bonds is a friend of mine, and he's a pain in the butt!" From The Best Damn Sports Show 2-3 weeks ago... Even more funnier with him trading barbs with John Salley...