Quotes from P. J. Tucker

I like to try different restaurants in every city.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

I'm a competitor. I want the ball when it matters. But I came to Houston because I wanted to play with Chris Paul (a guy I've been close with since we were kids) and James Harden.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

I wanted to have a chance to win a championship.

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.

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.'

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.

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

I've been the same size since I was 12. They thought I was going to be 7 feet tall. I never grew another inch.

It's basketball, man. It's being smart, using your size as an advantage. I can get into people. I can get into your stomach, so you can't back me down. I can stay in front of you, I can move my feet, I can be aggressive. People don't understand that it can be a disadvantage being tall, too.

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.

I like shoes that are definitive, and they know exactly what they are.

Buy and wear what you love, man.

I don't like shopping for specific things; I shop pieces. I look at it like, 'I love this, so I'll buy it and I put it in my closet, and it disappears until I need it.'

I am the finesse king, especially when it comes to shoes.