P. J. Tucker Quotes

I'm at like 325 pairs right now, give or take. But I've given away about 200 pairs of sneakers. I'm not as big of a collector as I used to be, because I think the game just got weird. Everybody likes to collect now, so it's kind of corny. But I got the essentials.

I used to be a serious sneaker addict, but I've moved on a little bit from those days.

I'm a sneaker head. You'll find more sneakers than heels in my closet.

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 am a sneakerhead, and I grew up a sneakerhead.

I'm very, very specific about sneakers. I've always been a fan. It's not just certain brands, it's also the model of the shoe, the cut of the shoe, the colorway of the shoe. Someone will say, "Hey, this is the Air Jordan this." And I'm like, "Yeah, but that's not as rare as this Air Jordan, in this colorway." It gets very specific - it's the make, the model, the colorway. As a kid, I always wanted to have sneakers, but I didn't always get the ones that I wanted. So now, I'm reliving my childhood through my feet.

The passion for sneakers has been there since day one, but I never held onto them. I never shrunkwrap them. It's always been about getting it, buying it, wearing it, showing it and moving on to the next one.

I like sneakers. I guess I could call myself a collector.

The only thing I change mainly is my sneakers. I love sneakers. But everything's sort of black or jeans. Jeans, always.

I'm a compulsive sneaker collector, mostly limited edition.

Not obsessed with particularly Nike, but sneakers in general. I love them.

I love sneakers. I live in Keds.

The man that got me into collecting sneakers in the first place was the man they call Michael Jordan. He was the one who kind of exposed me to the sneaker world - he was my favorite basketball player, and he had the best shoes.

All I ever wanted to do was wear Jordans. I think there was only one or two pair I never had.

At the end of the day, the only person to have a better Kobe sneaker game than me is Kobe himself.

I always say that MTV cribs is what brought straight men into the fashion world. Once they sort of saw sports guys and music guys had, like, a billion sneakers, they realized, 'Oh, you mean I can have more than one?'

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 don't really see myself as a sneakerhead. I think I'm someone that likes to have a nice pair of shoes on when they're playing.

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 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'm a big sneaker head.

Jordan 1s are my favourite sneaker, and I also love the Jordan Eclipse.

I love sneakers. My storage room is 75 percent sneakers.

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

You'd be sick if you saw my adidas collection...you would be physically sick if you saw it. I'm not gonna say where it is.