Charles Barkley Quotes

I was taught you never, ever disrespect your opponent or your teammates or your organization or your manager and never, ever your uniform.

When it comes down to it, I always played hard for my teammates and I played hard for my coaches no matter who it was, ownership.

I have a rule on my team: when we talk to one another, we look each other right in the eye, because I think it's tough to lie to somebody. You give respect to somebody.

When I retire, the only thing that concerns me is that no one can say that I was a bad team-mate or disrespectful or self-important.

Winning our fans' approval will come from all of us doing the right things for the right reasons, me included.

I don't like discussing cricket off the field.

I always thought being a gamer and someone who had a sense of responsibility to the game and to my teammates was the honorable thing.

I learned my first lesson at the Walt Disney Company about not being able to trust my associates.

I told them that I cannot lie when a writer asks me what's my feeling not doing the game. I said I have to be honest. And my honest reply to you is, obviously, I'm a loyal team player. I will go where my bosses tell me to go.

Even more than results, it matters that the players give everything for their shirt, and if they do that whether they're relegated or not, the fans are ready to applaud.

Trust brings a higher level of communication and a higher level of commitment and accountability.

Respect the game on and off the field and if you do that, you're going to have the respect among your peers.

If you don't put your crew on your album, you're a snake.

Everyone has an affection for the club where you played in your youth; that's normal. But loyalty to it? Loyalty is staying at the club. Affection is different. The important thing is that when you're there, you give it your all, respect the rules and respect the club, and try to be the best you can be. That's fair enough.

As long as my guys are out there and doing what I'm asking, and they're giving their best, I don't think anybody can ask for much more than that.

I've been on teams in the NBA where we don't play the right way.

I don't change the way that I play. I love the game of basketball, man. I ride with these guys in this locker room. They know that. If I've got something to say to them, I will say it. You may not like the way that it comes across. That's fine. But that's who I am.

I'm not trying to please everybody. I'm just trying to play for one team and do it the right way.

I'm going to play for me and not play for anyone else except my teammates and the guys that matter.

I will show emotion with my players and fans when we do well. I am a professional man, and that is what I have to do.

Throughout all my career, I have been an honest person, responsible, and respectful of my team-mates and the clubs that I have played for and the countries I have lived in.

It's very disappointing if a player pulls out of a squad when he's not injured and is maybe prioritising his club.

I am a follower of the Spain team. I think I did things correct, with the greatest honesty, always under the premise that I would say yes to Real Madrid.

If you want to recruit somebody of high character and value, somebody you can trust to not only watch your house, but your children, someone you can count on to share carries of 1,000 yards each rather than trying to get 1,800 for one, now you're going to build something that matters.

I respect the game, on and off the field.