If I got a chance to play with another great player, I want to do that. I mean, the objective is to win.
— Charles Barkley
Racism is the greatest cancer of my lifetime.
I have voted Democrat my entire life.
When I get on TV, I'm going to be talking about a silly basketball game, and I'm going to be having a lot of fun doing it. But I'm very aware of all the social stuff going on.
People like you as long as you agree with them. But that doesn't bother me.
Racism is here and will always exist, but we can't use it as a crutch.
I'm not going to waste my time screaming at a neo-Nazi who is going to hate me no matter what.
I wish the American public wasn't so stupid if they realized that half the people on television make a living just to insult the other party.
I'm not going to waste my time worrying about these Confederate statues. That's wasted energy.
We're the only ethnic group that says, 'Hey, if you go to jail, it gives you street cred.'
LeBron is a great player and a great guy, but he's a drama queen.
Fans have this perception that they can say anything to you because you are a celebrity.
I've only met LeBron casually. He's always been great to me. I think I've been great and cordial to him, but this notion that we have to be friends - we're never gonna be friends. And that's not a negative thing.
If I'm going to be straightforward, like I always try to be, I know guys are going to come back at me sometimes.
I live in Arizona. I think the Hispanic people are amazing. I think when people talk about illegal immigration... it does them a disservice.
We only put the negative black people on television. We don't put the good, hard-working black people.
One thing about being famous is the people around you, you pay all their bills so they very rarely disagree with you because they want you to pick up the check.
I am a big pro-choice guy.
Anybody who is racist, I just I think they are an idiot.
As a fan, I don't want to have my team out of it by Day 1.
I'm never going to be one of those guys who gets on TV and yells and screams. That's not how I do my business. But I'm very aware of social responsibility.
I like Chris Christie. I like Jeb Bush. I like those guys.
One of my biggest regrets ever was not taking the time to go to South Africa to meet Nelson Mandela. That is a big regret of mine. I should have figured out a way.
I truly believe that building bridges, not building walls and not giving into fear, will make our communities better.
The president of the United States should not be tweeting.
For some reason, we're brainwashed to think if you're not a thug or an idiot, you're not black enough. If you go to school, make good grades, speak intelligent, and don't break the law, you're not a good black person.
Roy Moore was an embarrassment.
When you steal from somebody, you are saying to them, 'I don't respect how hard you worked for your money.' When somebody steals from you, that's what they're saying.
Nobody doesn't like meat.
Any time you criticize these young guys, they call you a hater. They never ask you if the criticism is fair or not.
Poor people are too stupid to know they're just chess pieces in a game.
We can't pick out certain incidentals that don't go our way and act like the cops are all bad... Do you know how bad some of these neighborhoods would be if it wasn't for the cops?
We, as black people, we have a lot of crooks.
But when I see a story on welfare on television, they only show black people.
My idea of religion is we are supposed to bring people together. We are not supposed to judge other people.
I think sports has done a disservice for a lot of black kids thinking they can only be successful through athletics and entertainment. I want them to know they can be doctors, lawyers, teachers, fireman, police officers, etc.
I might go my whole life stealing money. I got paid to play basketball, which is a scam. I get paid to watch basketball, which is a scam.
If you are black on television, you are probably going to be some kind of thug, gangster, or portrayed in a negative light. If you are some type of Muslim, you are going to be blowing stuff up. If you are Hispanic, you are going to be some type of gangbanger. I've felt like this for years.
I think it is important for me to speak out on social issues. Sometimes people will agree with me. Sometimes people will disagree with me. I don't take that personally.
What we, as black people, need to do is we need to worry about our education.
Racism exists, but what I want to do is start a dialogue.
I understand the power of symbols, and if I had anything on my house that seriously offended someone, I'd take it down if for no other reason than common courtesy.
Unfortunately, as I tell my white friends, we, as black people, we're never going to be successful - not because of you white people but because of other black people. When you're black, you have to deal with so much crap in your life from other black people.
I think it's a travesty that the NBA can't just tell these guys to play basketball two days in a row. It's just a joke to me. We flew commercial, and we were able to play back-to-back.
Just because you watch 'Grey's Anatomy' doesn't mean you can do the operation.
There's no such thing as a vegetarian.
I'm not going to get upset because somebody said something bad about me.
Neither one of the parties is doing anything for poor people. They're both full of it. Black people have been voting Democratic their whole life, and they're still poor. And the Republicans don't do anything for poor people, either.
I can't believe anything I hear on television anymore.
When the cops are trying to arrest you, if you fight back, things go wrong.
