(I posted this in the other thread, but here is good too.)
Like him or not, Charles Barkley has usually been a straight shooter. I remember early on when he utterly rejected the notion that sports figures should be role models:
“I’m not a role model... Just because I dunk a basketball doesn’t mean I should raise your kids.”
Other quotes:
“Poor people cannot rely on the government to come to help you in times of need. You have to get your education. Then nobody can control your destiny.”
“I don’t care what people think. people are stupid.”
“My family got all over me because they said Bush is only for the rich people. Then I reminded them, ‘Hey, I’m rich’.”
“I love New York City; I’ve got a gun.”
“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.”
Charles is a good dude...very grounded.