Charles Barkley turned 60 last month and on Sunday got a little reality check about the years he has left to live and what he likes to do outside the broadcast booth.
Barkley appeared on «60 Minutes» and gushed about being a grandfather. His daughter Christiana just had a child, and Barkley called it «the best thing that’s ever happened to me.»
While he opened up about his newfound love of being a grandfather, he said on the CBS show that he understands he’s in the «last nine» of his life.
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NBA legend Charles Barkley speaks with Guy Fieri during the 71st NBA All-Star Game as part of NBA All-Star Weekend 2022 on February 20, 2022 at the Wolstein Center in Cleveland. (Juan Ocampo/NBAE via Getty Images)
«He lives up to the hype,» the Basketball Hall of Famer said. “I want to spend time with him, because I’m not morbid, I’m not upset, I’m in the last nine. Hopefully it’s on the 10th or 11th hole, but you never know. 17 and 18. So I want to spend as much time with him as possible. And then when he gets older, I want him to google me.»
Barkley added that he hoped his grandson would eventually look into it when he’s a little older.
«I hope you do a little research on me,» he said. «I’ll be gone a long time, but I’d like him to know that I’ve accomplished a few things in my life.»
Charles Barkley speaks to the crowd during the Class of 2022 Tip-Off Celebration and Awards Gala as part of the 2022 Basketball Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on September 9, 2022 at Mohegan Sun Arena at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville , Connecticut. (Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images)
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The Alabama native who won an MVP award with the Phoenix Suns also recalled learning the moment his daughter wasn’t going to be a basketball player.
«That was brutal. He was 6 feet tall from birth,» he said with a laugh. «I’m going to have the best basketball player in the world. I can’t wait until she’s old enough. I’ll teach her everything. And then we’ll start playing and I’ll sit in the stands, and I’m like, ‘Oh , man. She’s not aggressive at all.’
«So I asked him one day, I said, ‘You don’t like basketball, do you?’ She’s like, ‘Oh, dad, I hate basketball.’ And I’m like, ‘Oh, okay.’ And it took me a little while to get over that. …»
Charles Barkley attends the HBO premiere of the four part documentary ‘SHAQ’ at the Illuminarium on November 14, 2022 in Atlanta. (Paras Griffin/Getty Images for HBO)
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Barkley said he was happy that she got good grades in school.