"It bothers me when I hear these reporters and jocks get on TV and say: 'Oh, no guy can come out in a team sport. These guys would go crazy.' First of all, quit telling me what I think. I'd rather have a gay guy who can play than a straight guy who can't play," Barkley said.
Barkley said he never worried about awkward situations involving gay teammates, because "[It] doesn't work like that."
"A guy is never going to put himself in that situation in a professional locker room," Barkley told the station. "It never crossed my mind, and I never felt any different about the guy."
