Charles Barkley IS a role model!
When I was in middle school I noticed a friend of mine was reading a book during afternoon recess. My friend wasn’t a dork, and he always played basketball with us during recess, so I asked him what was so great about the book.
He didn’t say anything, he just read an excerpt from the book, and I immediately understood why he didn’t play that day:
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Dear Bill,
Fuck You.
Love,
Charles Barkley
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The passage was a letter Charles Barkley sent to his arch-nemesis, Bill Laimbeer, that he posted in his book, Outrageous! I was instantly hooked.
I told my friend I wanted to read the book immediately once he was done with it. He gave me the book the next day and I decided to go to the library during recess on a beautiful sunny day to get started. I holed up at a study carrel and took the cover off so none of the librarians could see what I was reading. I was obsessed.
Every other sentence was “fuck this” and “fuck that.” My senses were overwhelmed. All I could think about that day was reading that book! Later that night I locked myself in my room and read every page late into the wee hours of the morning. Needless to say, I finished the book in one day, which is an accomplishment I’ve never repeated.
After reading Outrageous! I knew, even at the tender age of 14, that Charles Barkley was awesome. I didn’t understand half of the book, but even then he made me laugh. He never wanted to be a role model, but he became one of my biggest sports influences.
Over a decade later, Barkley’s influence on pop culture is still evident. From his analysis on TNT, to his golf swing, to his Taco Bell and T-Mobile commercials, Barkley is still as relevant today as he was during his playing days.
I want to than Sir Charles, The Round Mound of Rebound, for making such a positive impact on my life. I hope he never gives up the lime-light and never gives up the one thing that has defined his image… a mouth that shocks common sense and a delivery that makes us all laugh.
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