Charles Barkley Quotes

I think travel is probably the downside of playing professional golf, but you've got to do it.

I started playing professional basketball in 1971, and I played professionally for five seasons before going to Philadelphia.

Trying to make the NBA is one of the very few areas where a Harvard degree won't necessarily help.

The first time I stepped on an NBA court I became a businessman.

Playing until I'm 40 is definitely a possibility.

All I wanted to do is coach in the NBA. I didn't want anything to do with college basketball.

I started playing when I was 10 for Milan, and I quit when I was 41, so it's a long, long career.

My confidence level is, I think I can be a first-round pick; I think I can be a professional basketball player.

If you were to ask me, I think my jersey will be hanging in the rafters when I retire in Sacramento.

I don't have any aspirations to play until I'm 50 years old.

I came into the league in '94.

You want to play as long as you can. The old, unwritten rule: If you make it to the NBA, you play as long as you can - and you play one more year.

I didn't think reaching the NBA was a possibility when I coached Derby in 1990. I was right out of college when I went there and was more concerned about playing a bit and getting that out of my system.

If the opportunity to go to the NBA is there, then I'm going to take it.

When you're growing up and thinking about being a footballer, you want to make as many caps and play as many games as you can.

Hopefully I can play until I'm 40.

I was living my dream as a WNBA player.

Some people are born and train their whole life to be an NBA player. But some people, if it doesn't work out, then they have no other option.

Given a full summer to practice basketball, and especially my jump shot, I know that I could play in the NBA and do well.

Traveling is a bit of a push sometimes. When you're doing a lot of miles and you're doing a lot of shows, it does get wearing.

My dream is to play in the NBA.

Having a sold-out show takes a lot of the pressure off because I know that it's going to be a room full of people who are excited to be there. The worst part - or the part that I'm adjusting to - is the actual act of traveling. The hotels are pretty trash.

I match up with the best guys in the world. I'm not being cocky; it's just always how I felt. But I got into trouble as soon as I got into the NBA, and it left a bad taste in a lot of people's mouths.

My sister was an athlete. Every time she came home during her break, I would accompany her. Initially, I took part in school sports, but gradually, my sister encouraged me to take it up professionally.

I hope to play until I'm, like, 38 or something, and that's a lot of years in the game and a lot of travel and a lot of sacrifice on my family's part.