P. J. Tucker

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

“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.”

“I hate when people talk about certain guys and say they can't work together.”

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

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

“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.”

“Figure out your niche and maximize it.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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'm going to fight every play.”

“It's hilarious; every time I get to a new city, I'll have a thousand DMs about where to get pancakes.”

“Cuttino Mobbley always had on suits every single game. I've never seen Cuttino without a suit. He used to always have on suits.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

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