P. J. Tucker Quotes

It never really worked out for me in my own country. They said, 'You're not famous enough for the lead roles, and you're too present for the supporting roles - you'd overpower the lead.'

A genius is one who can do anything except make a living.

The crushing, pitiful, and frequently just plain risible pathos of an unsuccessful actor/performer's life is well charted.

I didn't get a lot of industry action after 'Fast Times.'

Wenger never had faith in me.

Being a fringe player is not the role I want.

I never felt that AC Milan had full confidence in me.

The beginning of the end can feel a lot like the middle when you are living in it.

Halfway down the stairs, is a stair, where I sit. There isn't any, other stair, quite like, it. I'm not at the bottom, I'm not at the top; So this is the stair, where, I always, stop. Halfway up the stairs, isn't up, and isn't down. It isn't in the nursery, it isn't in the town. And all sorts of funny thoughts, run round my head: It isn't really anywhere! It's somewhere else instead!

I am nowhere. You can call me the man in the middle.

Everybody agreed I had all this talent, but I didn't know what to make of it.

I've been dropped out of many movies at the last minute so that hurts because you feel sheer helplessness because you know how good you could've been in that role.

In some ways, it's better to be undervalued a little than overvalued a lot, just because it's still easy to believe our best days are ahead of us.

I have always had confidence and known what I am capable of. So it is frustrating when you are not showing everyone.

I firmly believe I never had too much of an opportunity after I left Cleveland. I was behind Jamaal Charles at Kansas City. I didn't get too much playing time. I felt when I got in I did well. And then I was in Tampa and never really got to touch the field because of Doug Martin. He's pretty good.

You have a lot of guys who've been given opportunities in the league. I'm not one of those guys.

It's annoying when people go, 'I didn't know you could actually sing.'

Every footballer plays with the hope that people love to watch you. But, for me, there is no sympathy or interest. I don't seem to have any charm for fans.

I know plenty of wrestlers who are 15-0 and going nowhere.

I was a goalkeeper, but through my career, I spent almost as much time sitting on the bench as I did playing.

I was only used as a fullback at K-State - I wish I was used more.

I think with England, I look at myself and accept that I didn't do well enough; then, other times, I was playing my best football for United and England didn't happen.

I was never good at school, couldn't get a job. I was a disaster when I tried to do things the way the world wanted me to.

Not much changed post-'Raazi.' I didn't get too many offers.

People still think I'm a bit of a buffoon - not really an athlete.