Charles Barkley Quotes
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.
Barkley, Charles. Interview on The Waddle & Silvy Show, ESPN Radio Chicago, 31 Jan. 2017.
Adams, a great patriot, was a terrible diplomat. He and Franklin were both members of the American mission to France, but Adams detested the French and they sensed that and returned the favor. When the French Foreign Minister was thinking of having Adams recalled, Franklin tried to explain the nature of their relationship. In actuality, it was barely civil, and a 3rd member of the mission, Lee, positively detested Franklin who was one of the best known celebrities in France. No one knew who Lee and Adams were, neither was as eloquent as Franklin and neither had the confidence of the French King and his ministers that Franklin did.
Charles Wade Barkley is an American former professional basketball player who is an analyst on Inside the NBA. Nicknamed "Sir Charles" and "the Round Mound of Rebound," Barkley established himself as one of the National Basketball Association's greatest power forwards of all time. Barkley was an 11-time NBA All-Star, an 11-time member of the All-NBA Team, and the 1993 NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP).