P. J. Tucker Quotes

I'm super into sneakers! I'm totally addicted. Just from playing ball all the time. I was always looking for the freshest kicks on the court.

It's never like I go sneaker shopping just to get shoes for a hoop game.

My favorite sneakers, growing up, were always the Air Force 1 and the Air Max line. I started collecting when I was 13 or 14 years old.

I was a sneakerhead before I even made it to the NBA.

I don't think I'm a collector. I think every kid from where I'm from had a terrible passion for having to have fresh kicks.

As a kid I couldn't afford any Jordans, so I didn't get my first pair until my last year of high school. They were Air Jordan 9s.

Collecting shoes is my biggest hobby. I've got a couple hundred pairs of Nikes and Jordans. I got a lot of hats, too. I like to play basketball, but nothing competition wise.

My first pair of Jordans, I wore them all the time. I would wear them to school; I always had them on.

Me, growing up, I was a Kobe fan, Kobe fanatic, and just getting, just being able to just wear his shoes, it's my favorite shoe to play in.

I grew up wearing PUMA, and our national team is sponsored by PUMA, so those were always in the store. We couldn't afford Nike or Jordan, so PUMA was our brand. If you were wearing PUMA, that's dope.

When I joined the Lakers and moved to L.A., I started getting more serious about collecting sneakers and dressing from the feet up.

Some New York bands you'll see rocking Ones or Dunks and things like that, but it is weird that the sneakerhead thing has become so massive. Personally, I think it's really silly.

I wasn't a big Air Force 1 person until I started buying custom ones.

Anytime someone is wearing Jordan, you have to respect!

I always had an interest in fashion, and when I got to the NBA, I felt like I had to up my shoe game.

I've always loved Nike shoes, and I'm in a position where I like to collect them now, especially the limited-edition Jordan and Air Max pairs. My house is full of special releases.

Of course, when I was younger I always wanted to have the newest Air Force 1s but my budget wasn't too good back then! I always stuck with the white or black AF1s.

I am a sneakerhead, and I grew up a sneakerhead.

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

Nike SF Air Force Ones are hands down my absolute favorite sneakers.

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

Kofi Kingston is a big sneakerhead like me, and I love wearing Jordans.

Everybody asks me if I've always been a sneakerhead. No. I was never a sneakerhead until I had the money to be a sneakerhead.

I have been wearing Air Max for so long, since I was seven playing around in the estate; I feel like I know my Air Max well.

Sure, there's a lot of negativity, but basketball is such a huge thing in my community. Flint has a very rich tradition in basketball.