Greatness is an inigma that we all search for, Greatness is pain, Greatness is determination, Greatness is hard work, Greatness takes heart, Greatness is in those who seek it, Greatness is hidden within our dreams, hopes and deepest fears, Greatness is not success but rather failure, Greatness finds those with the strongest mind and will, Those who are great are aware of their success but never stop trying to get better ^ I wrote that and I consider myself a star. Seriously though: "Everyone roots for David; No one roots for Goliath." -Wilt Chamberlain.
?I told you I needed to feed my family. They offered me 3 years at $21 million. That?s not going to cut it. And I?m not going to sit here and continue to give my children food while this front office takes money out of my pocket. If [owner Glen] Taylor wants to see my family fed, he better cough up some money. Otherwise, you?re going to see these kids in one of those Sally Struthers commercials soon.? -Latrell Sprewell
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting wtwalker77:</div><div class="quote_post">?I told you I needed to feed my family. They offered me 3 years at $21 million. That?s not going to cut it. And I?m not going to sit here and continue to give my children food while this front office takes money out of my pocket. If [owner Glen] Taylor wants to see my family fed, he better cough up some money. Otherwise, you?re going to see these kids in one of those Sally Struthers commercials soon.? -Latrell Sprewell</div> Damn what the hell are his kids eating? Maybe, I don't want to know. Anyway here's mine: <font face="Verdana">Jason Kidd: "We're going to turn this team around 360 degrees." </font><font face="Verdana"> Alonzo Mourning, on winning the Defensive Player of the Year award: "I thank my teammates for letting their men blow by them." </font><font face="Verdana"></font>
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Jason Kidd: "We're going to turn this team around 360 degrees." </div> "...this is beep.Yeah I know we're live,I dont give a beep.These beeping refs are trying to take over the beeping game."Shaq
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting wtwalker77:</div><div class="quote_post">?I told you I needed to feed my family. They offered me 3 years at $21 million. That?s not going to cut it. And I?m not going to sit here and continue to give my children food while this front office takes money out of my pocket. If [owner Glen] Taylor wants to see my family fed, he better cough up some money. Otherwise, you?re going to see these kids in one of those Sally Struthers commercials soon.? -Latrell Sprewell</div> LMAO, that's one of the funniest things I've ever read.
"All we need is one more win...and I don't give a shi*t how we get it..(pause)...Oh snap, did I jusst say shi*t?..I'm sorry....(gets up to leave)...SH*T SH*T SH*T SH*T SH*T" lolllllllll Shaq's too funny...sometimes
I don't remember it but my fav is when Wilt told MJ how the League made everything harder for Wilt but easier for Mike
Arroyo about the NBA "I know I belong here. And lue proven it to people who dont believe. I dont care if people dont believe. Its all up to me. Aint nobody paying my bills but myself." about PR "Were so proud of who we are. Thats the way we show up, when we play, We show that swagger, that confidence. Its that Puerto Rican sauce, man" "Every Puerto RIcan that sees another Puerto Rican outside of Puerto Rico, they yell "Viva Puerto Rico!". Every city I play in, theres always somebody, there with a flag, Always. Thats extra motivation for me.
"I can accept failure, but I can't accept not trying" Michael jordan i like the limbardi one but it was posted already. there were a lot of shaq ones that were really funny and my fav quote of all time(not by a sports player but) "I like traveling to many places over seas like Canada" Britney Spears
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">"I like traveling to many places over seas like Canada" Britney Spears</div> LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!1 shes so dumb!!
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting thedude9990:</div><div class="quote_post">"I like traveling to many places over seas like Canada" Britney Spears</div> That is the joke of the day. Another Britney Spears quote: I did not have implants, I just had a growth spurt. I like almost all of Charles Barkley quotes. Here is one of my favourites: "I don't care what people think. people are stupid. "
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting White Cocoa:</div><div class="quote_post">"If winning isn't everything then why do we keep score?" -Vince Limbardi</div> I agree and that is true
All by Sir Charles..Enjoy! During the NBA finals, Ernie Johnson points to a sign that reads: "Barkley = Dumb, Van Gundy = Dumber" Barkley responds, "Hey, at least that guy knows who I am. I have no idea who that guy is." Earlier in Shaq's career, Chuck's advice: "He needs to learn the 2 words I tried to teach Oliver Miller....I'M FULL!" "Isiah Thomas is building a championship team... too bad it's in San Antonio." Charles Barkley on the Nazr Mohammed deal. TNT shows a clip of Scottie Pippen being honored by the Chicago Bulls. Barkley remarks on Pippen's suit, "That's a good looking suit, Scottie looks good from the neck down." "Hey Ernie, I finally saw Charmed to see what the big deal was about. You have to be stupid to watch that show! People disappearing all over the place." Here's to those who take preseason stats so seriously hahaha: "You can't compare preseason to regular season. Preseason is just a way to screw fans out of money." On Magic Johnson's return to basketball: "We're just playing basketball. It's not like we're going out to have unprotected sex with Magic." "I don't think there's any doubt. Anybody in their right mind knows I'm the best forward in basketball. Well, the only person comparable to me is Karl Malone, but his body is so different from mine. Even my wife loves his body, and that's the main reason I say I'm the best. With a body like that, he is supposed to be awesome. With a body like mine, I'm supposed to be a couch potato." # After Ben Gordon made a floater in the Bulls vs. Cavs game... Charles: That is one shot that every player should learn Kenny: Yea I am teaching my daughter and son that shot. Charles: I thought your daughter and son were the same person. The famous lines from Chuck's infamous tv commercial: "These are my new shoes. They're good shoes. They won't make you rich like me, they won't make you rebound like me, they definitely won't make you handsome like me. They'll only make you have shoes like me. That's it." "Colonel Sanders is the greatest white man that ever lived." At All Star Weekend, watching Voshon Leonard shoot threes: Kenny: You can see he put on a couple pounds. Chuck: A couple? That's an understatement. That's like calling the Titanic a small boating accident. We could wear the same underwear now! Talking about Karl Malone and his retirement on Jay Leno: Jay Leno: "Karl's in great shape though!" Charles Barkley: "Me too. Round is a shape!" "Carson, if you're watching, I would prefer to be called a big, young, strapping lad." - Charles Barkley, on being called "cute" by Carson Kressley from "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy." "You should be able to go and pick out one fan a game, and just beat the hell out of him." - Barkley, after watching footage of Denver fans throwing garbage on Latrell Sprewell. About Craig Sager wearing a reflective silver suit to the 2001 NBA All-Star game: "I don't have anything against black people, white people or any kind of people, but when you start letting pimps interview people, that's where I draw the line." Barkley, to George Clooney: "I'm depressed, I finally met a guy better looking than me." When you have that big monster [Shaq] on your team, even when he doesn't want the ball you should throw it to him. They (the Lakers) don't care if Michael Olowokandi gets points. If he explodes... he's gonna get 8. On Vince Carter: "If you just want to be one of the guys, then cut your salary and make what the other guys make. They don't pay you a lot of money to blend in. There's a reason Shaq makes $20 million a year. You can't just blend in -- you have to lead the team." Best socio-political analysis: Charles Barkley, of course. After Beyonce Knowles' halftime show, during which she removed nary a stitch of clothing but made Janet Jackson look like an overanxious has-been, Chuckster said, "I think in America that gay people should be allowed to get married. I think that's their business. But when you see Beyonce, why would you want to be gay?" At the 1990 game, the Eastern Conference All-Star team was surprised when Charles Barkley raised his hand in a pregame meeting and said he'd like to sketch out a play for the opening tipoff. "This is one we used when Moses [Malone] was in Philadelphia," said Barkley. So Barkley stood, took the chalk, went to the board and drew four players running back to defend their basket. "That sumbitch NEVER won a tip," Barkley said as everyone cracked up. TNT's Charles Barkley, after watching a clip of San Antonio's David Robinson getting hit in the groin area by the Lakers' Robert Horry: "It's always funny when it happens to someone else." You know the world is off tilt when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest basketball player is Chinese and Germany doesn't want to go to war. "I love sam cassell, he's a great guy... but he does look like E.T." (Sorry Henacy..but u gotta admit this is funny lol) You know what he [Yao] said? "Whew! Even white guys can play over here!" "It's kinda great to see the Celtics doin well again cuz that was so much fun in my day to go to the Boston Garden and they spit at you and throw things at you and talk about your mom. It sounds like dinner at Kenny Smith's house." "He [Kenny] knows basketball and I know a little bit, but I'm just here for good looks." To Kenny: "That's what I just said! I hate when you repeat after me and try to sound intelligent." "If you go out with a girl and they say she has a great personality, she's ugly. If they tell you a guy works hard, he can't play a lick. Same thing." "we better not be doing the Bulls this year. Man, they suck! Bunch of high school kids with $70 million contracts. Damn! I hate my mother for having me too soon." On the All-Star Game: "Hell, there ain't but 15 black millionaires in the whole country & half of 'em are right here in this room." Barkley after being introduced by host Ernie Johnson: "Why do you introduce us every night? Don't you think everybody knows who we are?" Johnson: "Ladies and gentlemen, Kenny Smith, former Houston Rocket, two championship rings." Barkley: "Oh that was a low blow...yes, I am defensive about it. What were you gonna say, Charles Barkley, no championship ring?" Barkley on Lakers turmoil surrounding Kobe-Shaq feud: "We said at the beginning of the season that nobody can beat the Lakers. If you play that team seven days in a row, you're not going to beat them four times. But, if Shaq and Kobe can't get along, they can't win. That's the biggest disappointment for me, a guy who would kill (to win a championship). I would kill you two (EJ & Kenny) to win a Championship...I think that's the difference between young guys and older guys. I would have killed to play with superstars...two guys in their prime like Michael and Scottie, Bird and McHale, Magic and Kareem. That's the difference, guys today are more concerned with who's running the team, who's taking all the shots and not winning championships." Barkley during the Wizards/Timberwolves highlight, when Washington ruined a transition play with a behind-the-back pass: "I can't believe a team that bad is trying to be fancy .. They should be like Princeton." On supersized Oliver Miller: "You can't even jump high enough to touch the rim, unless they put a Big Mac on it." "I've always said that my 'playing weight' is whatever I happen to weigh when I'm playing." "I always laugh when people ask me about rebounding techniques. I've got a technique. It's called just go get the damn ball." "The meek may inherit the earth, but they won't get the ball from me." His greeting to new Rocket Elmer Bennett: "Elmer? I ain't never met a brother named Elmer. I can't believe that. A brother named Elmer. I have been alive 33 years, and I ain't never met a brother named Elmer. I've heard of Elmer Fudd, but that's it. They named a fella Elmer." On why he befriended Christian Laettner: "We?re a lot alike, actually. We both attended great academic institutions. And when we walk into a room, women scream."
