The best and worst of Charles Barkley:
After a tough win in 1988: "This is a game that, if you lose, you go home and beat your wife and kids. Did you see my wife jumping up and down at the end of the game? That's because she knew I wasn't going to beat her."On the '90s and coverage of him by Philadelphia's two daily newspapers: "I'm a `90s nigger. The Daily News, The Inquirer have been on my back. Everything I do is wrong. They want their black athletes to be Uncle Toms. I told you white boys you've never heard of a `90s nigger. We do what we want to do."
On 76ers general manager Gene Shue: "Gene Shue is a clown whose only ambition is to caddie for Harold Katz."
On Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: "He's arguably the greatest ever to play. Wilt was the greatest player ever; Kareem is second."
On possible local fan reaction after a 1991 spitting incident: "Philadelphia is a stupid city. A lot of stupid people live here."
On the 76ers' new uniforms: "They look like my daughter got hold of some crayons and designed them."
On being a role model: "If the only qualification for being a role model is that you have to be able to dunk a basketball, then I know millions of people who could become role models. That's not enough. Hell, I know drug dealers who can dunk. So, can drug dealers be role models, too?"
Reply to a heckler who predicted he'd never get a championship ring: "Yeah, but I've got $20 million."