Barkley’s Bits

  • About player management: “In Philly, Armon Gilliam used to say the only reason I was better than him was because I got the ball more.  I said, ‘I get the ball more because you ain’t worth a dime.’ In Phoenix, they ain’t jealous of me.  And the same in New York.  Patrick Ewing is the man, and the others reap the benefits.  They’re not knuckleheads.  That’s how New York got good; they got rid of the knuckleheads.”

-New York Times, 5/27/93

  • After being fined $22,000 for an altercation with Bill Laimbeer: “I don’t care if I get fined.  I make $3 million.  What’s a couple thousand dollars?”

-Sports Illustrated, 4/30/90

- Twitter, 5/20/09- To Kenny Smith: “Hakeem couldn’t kick your ass, cuz you were too close kissing his.”