Did you all see the Blinebury article in the Houston Chronicle this morning with all of the Barkley quotes? It had me laughing out loud at work. Here are just a few: "I heard Tonya Harding is calling herself the Charles Barkley of figure skating. I was going to sue her for defamation of character, but then I remembered I have no character." Asked why his new line of basketball shoes, Nike's Air Max, wasn't named after him: "So that people who hate me might still buy them by mistake." On the 1988 presidential election when he voted for George Bush: "My family got all over me because they said Bush is only for the rich people. Then I reminded them, `Hey, I'm rich.' " For the rest of the article: http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/sports/483803
You can also find great quotes as well as much more about Barkley at http://www.goodbyesircharles.com Here Are My Favorites From http://www.goodbyesircharles.com: ~On why he didn't attend a presidential inauguration... They're not my type. I like to be around low-class people, like reporters. ~On where he wanted the money from his numerous fines to be donated... I was going to donate the money to the homeless, but they would have better houses than me by the end of the season. ~On the NBA fining him $5000 for a playful bet made with Mark Jackson during the '89-90 season... I went to bed as Charles Barkley and woke up as Pete Rose. ~To a heckler that screamed Barkley would never get a championship ring... Yeah, but I've got $20 million ~Complaining to ref Tommy Nunez about the other refs in the game... Tommy, you got to make that call. You know Moe and Larry won't. ~On role models... If these kids are half as successful as me, they'll be fine ~In a commercial for his shoes... 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. ------------------ ~John~ Trade No One and Keep Rudy T. JohnyRocket's Fan Site [This message has been edited by Johny Rocket (edited March 07, 2000).]
I Got A question is what Barkley is doing is that considered being a reporter b/c he has said he doesnt like reporters. Does that mean he doesnt like himself???? ------------------ ~John~ Trade No One and Keep Rudy T. JohnyRocket's Fan Site
