Top 55 P. J. Tucker Quotes

You can be in the league and still feel like you’re not in the league. That was the point I was at when I left Toronto.

When I came out of school, being a ‘tweener’ and not having a natural position was my biggest knock.

Yeah, I’m short. But I’m strong and I can move my feet. And I can stay in front of anybody.

I consider myself a pancake connoisseur, because of all the pancakes I’ve eaten around the world. I’ve been everywhere in Europe, I’ve eaten everywhere.

I don’t want my own shoe. That is something I have never wanted. If anybody is pitching that, I would say no. I feel like that is the only thing that limits me, being a signature athlete, because you have to wear your signature shoe all of the time. I don’t want no parts of that.

My shoes are an expression of me, how I’m feeling. Some nights I might wear some crazy stuff. Some nights I might be more regular.

Nothin’ will ever jump over the Jumpman… Yeezys aren’t even basketball shoes. You can play in ’em, but they’re not basketball shoes.

It’s about me doing me, about me being organic. I can’t wear things and put on a front and say I like something when I don’t. I won’t wear something I wouldn’t normally wear just for people to like it or for people to look at me like this or that in fashion.

I wanted to have a chance to win a championship.

If you leave home and, at least some of the time, someone doesn’t tell you that they don’t like your outfit, you’re not doing it right. You’re not trying. You’re not taking enough risks. You know, somebody should tell you they don’t really like you’re outfit. I enjoy when people say that, actually.

At the end of the day, that’s all that matters. Winning a championship. Everything else is failure.

Every game, somebody is asking me where I got my shoes.

That Stash Kobe 1, that is probably my number 1 shoe I have ever worn on the court. To wear it against Kobe in his last game against the Suns it was real fun, and for him to say something to me about them it is crazy. He is signed them up for me and personalized it. It was pretty dope.

I like to get into people and make people uncomfortable. That’s how I play and what I do.

I’ve always stood for my people, with my people, but some guys just don’t have voices like that. I don’t like the pressure some people put on others. Some people are just not built for it. Some guys just play basketball, they don’t talk, they don’t post. Everybody in the ’60s wasn’t in the civil rights movement.

You come from the college, you’re the man. I was second-team All-American. I got drafted by Toronto, but they just took me because I was the best man on the board. They didn’t need me. I didn’t get a whole lot of help or guidance. I wasn’t playing. I couldn’t get reps in practice. And it’s big-boy basketball. Grown men.

No one wants to be patient. No one wants to wait for anything. They want it right now – that instant gratification.

Every day, every game, I leave it all out there.

The Yeezy 2 actually were not that bad to play in. They’ve got good grip; the lace locks are good. I love playing in the Yeezy 2, I’m not even going to lie.

I got shoes literally all over my house.

My first pair of shoes my mom bought me. I was born in 1985 and my mom is the biggest North Carolina/Michael Jordan fan there is, so when those first Jordan’s came out those were my first shoes ever. I don’t remember but I guess it started from there.

I’m looking to win, man. That’s it.

Buy and wear what you love, man.

I’ve been the same size since I was 12. They thought I was going to be 7 feet tall. I never grew another inch.

I don’t know anybody that buys more shoes on eBay than me. I like eBay because I can always find rare gems in my size. I always have upwards of 40 sneakers in my cart at any given time.

I don’t buy or wear nothing I don’t like.

Guys in this league, it depends on the stage you’re at in your career, where you’ve played, situations you’ve been in – that kind of molds your idea of how you want to play, and where you want to be in this league.

I look up on Yelp and look at what the best breakfast places are, specifically who has the best pancakes in every city.

I feel like I can adapt to any defense.

That whole era of Chris Webber with Nike was, to me, the golden era. Everybody was getting their own signature shoe.

It doesn’t matter how tall you are if you have heart and you’re a competitor.

It’s easy to say, and a lot of people pay lip service, saying, ‘I want to win.’ But, well, everybody wants to win. What are you willing to sacrifice to be able to win? Are you going to sacrifice money? Are you going to sacrifice playing time? You gotta sacrifice something.

There’s nothing, nobody can pay me enough money and nobody can do enough for me to wear something I don’t want.

Like some people just really think this is all you do, is play basketball. It’s like, ‘no actually there’s other stuff I like doing, there’s other stuff I love doing.’

The shoe culture in Houston is cool. There’s a lot of sneakerheads and a lot of people that love shoes here – a lot more than I thought.

My style is part of my lifestyle and part of my preparation to get ready to play in the game. It’s my preparation for life, I should say.

Some nights I might wear some crazy stuff. Some nights I might be more regular. I’ll wear shoes that no one knows and is a sleeper, but it might be something that I really love.

During the season, I’m sore everywhere.

I like to hoop but I don’t want to be remembered for one thing, like ‘oh he just plays basketball.’

I don’t like shopping for specific things; I shop pieces. I look at it like, ‘I love this, so I’ll buy it and I put it in my closet, and it disappears until I need it.’

I’m just being P.J., that’s the number one thing, I’m just being me. Like I’m not portraying something or acting or putting on something that I wouldn’t put on every day in my life or doing anything that I wouldn’t already be doing.

I got tired all of the stories about, ‘He is a tweener. He doesn’t have a position.’ I knew I could play. I played hard. I played both ends of the court. I know what I could do.

I’ve bought more shoes during the coronavirus than I ever have. Probably in my entire life.

I used to literally spend every dime I had on clothes, shoes and getting fresh.

I’m going to fight every play.

People think I play hard. It’s just me wanting to be in the NBA and trying to prove every game that I should be here.

Figure out your niche and maximize it.

James Harden is one of the best offensive players in the game.

I just love shoes, man.

I was a forward, a center my whole life.

Nobody wants to be somewhere that doesn’t want them.

Everybody makes a big deal about small ball. Well, I’ve guarded Anthony Davis every time I’ve played him, since he first came into the league.

I think the way you dress should be fun. Wearing stuff that people don’t normally wear or wouldn’t particularly think is their style, I love that. I think that’s fun and I think everybody should do it.

I always believe in myself, nobody else believed in me.

I am a dope dude.