P. J. Tucker

Basketball Player

199 Quotes

Aside from the states, Israel's my favorite country. I love it there. I still go there to visit.

As someone who has carved out a career in this league by making winning plays, being tough on defense and just generally doing the dirty work for my team, I always hesitate to say any player is unguardable. I just hate that term.

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

I just do me, honestly, I do me. It don't matter if the cameras are there or not, I'd be doing the same thing.

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.

Buy and wear what you love, man.

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

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

I really love shoes that can go with a lot of different things and mix up a little bit.

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.

I am the finesse king, especially when it comes to shoes.

I'm looking to win, man. That's it.

I look at myself as someone who's really true to the sneaker culture.

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

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.

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

I really love shoes that can go with a lot of different things and mix up a little bit.

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.

It's basketball, man. It's being smart, using your size as an advantage. I can get into people. I can get into your stomach, so you can't back me down. I can stay in front of you, I can move my feet, I can be aggressive. People don't understand that it can be a disadvantage being tall, too.

Buy and wear what you love, man.

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