Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by P. J. Tucker

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American basketball player P. J. Tucker.

Last updated on September 17, 2024.

Anthony Leon "P. J." Tucker Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Texas Longhorns. He was the 2008 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP, and Israeli Basketball Premier League Finals MVP. He won an NBA championship with the Milwaukee Bucks in 2021, and also won championships overseas in the Israeli Super League in 2008 with the Hapoel Holon, the German League and the German Cup in 2012 with Brose Bamberg.

American - Basketball Player | Born: May 5, 1985

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

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

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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.

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My love for fashion has been natural, it's been organic and I want to keep it that way.

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

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My shoes are an expression of me, how I'm feeling.

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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.

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There's nobody I can't guard. There's nothing. There's no ceiling.

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Everyday I have to get dressed. I can't just throw on something and walk out and say, 'I'm not going to see anybody today.' I see me.

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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.

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Seeing European guys wear suits was incredible. And it wasn't all like the big fashion house expensive suits, it was like simple stuff but the way the older men dressed in Europe just absolutely amazed me. In Italy, in France the way the older men dressed was incredible.

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Being the main guy for three or four years, I understood what it took to be the leader.

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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.

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When I was in Phoenix, people started noticing and looking every day to see what I was wearing, but it never really affected me. When you do this every day, it's just something you do. Even in Europe I was getting dressed up for every single game. Nobody may be watching but it's just me. It's how I live and it's how I move.

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I've always felt like I was a guy that understood my role. I thrive because I love it.

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

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I know a lot of people do charity work, but I always say find something that you are interested in to be able to give back.

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From the beginning of time, all I've ever done is hoop, and this culture of sneakers has always been a part of it.

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I gotta be who I am now. How do you not, right?

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I wanted to have a chance to win a championship.

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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.

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I really don't know how much I spend on clothes. In a year? That's just too tough to put a number on.

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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.

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

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

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Some people - which I don't understand - kind of get mad like I'm disrespecting shoes. I'm like, 'They are sneakers, they are meant to be worn, meant to be played in.' And I hate when people use them as trophies. They are sneakers. It's one of my pet peeves. I got pairs if I don't want to wear, I will get a couple pairs of them.

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

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Everybody in fashion knows of those must-have pieces where you're just like: 'I've got to have it.'

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I got shoes literally all over my house.

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

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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.

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I like to try different restaurants in every city.

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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.

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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.

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Pancakes are always good.

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

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I'm going to fight every play.

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People get so scared to try things.

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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.

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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.

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My body of work speaks for itself. I don't need anybody in the media to tell me I'm a good defensive player.

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

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Buy and wear what you love, man.

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Figure out your niche and maximize it.

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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.

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I'm from Raleigh, N.C. It's my home, the most beautiful place ever - but it has some racist history.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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I really dig Tom Ford. It fits big dudes, but it's the cleanest, most elegant-looking clothing ever.

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I could never just throw on a sweatsuit and go to a game. No.

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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.'

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

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When I went to play in Europe in 2007, I really got into high fashion.

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

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There was nothing worse you could be than a tweener. There was nothing worse you could be, and there were so many good guys that were so good that were tweeners, and they couldn't make it... And when you got that label, it was going to stick. It's like getting branded.

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That has always been my initiative, to do my own thing and take things that don't really go together and put them together. Wear a tuxedo jacket with some track pants, whatever I feel like, whatever I think is dope.

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

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

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