WATCH: Charles Barkley’s locker room speech to Auburn Tigers before Virginia game
By Andrew Olson
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During Auburn’s Final Fun run, Tigers great Charles Barkley has been a public face of the program embracing the role of superfan as a studio analyst of the multi-network March Madness coverage as well as various other TV appearances.
Outspoken, quick-witted and unfiltered, Barkley frequently brings the laughs, but he can also get serious. CBS Sports Network shared a video of his locker room address to Bruce Pearl’s squad ahead of the Final Four clash against No. 1-seed Virginia. Barkley had two strong messages for the Tigers: championships define you forever and Auburn has already done the hard part.
He points out that despite having his jersey number retired, the fact that he never won a ring stays with him forever. He also believes that getting to the Final Four, in Auburn’s case beating North Carolina and Kentucky back-to-back, is harder than winning two more games.
Check out the clip below:
“My number’s retired at Auburn, my number’s retired in Philadelphia, my number’s retired with the Phoenix Suns. But I never won a championship. I have to live with that forever. You guys gotta chance to do that.”
Charles Barkley addresses @AuburnMBB on Final Four Saturday. pic.twitter.com/6LGekY9Ccj
— CBS Sports Network (@CBSSportsNet) April 6, 2019
Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.
