What Your Favorite Sneakers Say About You

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Year Introduced: 1995

"I have better taste in sneakers than you."

Year Introduced: 2009

"Man, I hope they never, ever make a Janoski 2."

Year Introduced: 1995

"My favorite basketball player can beat up your favorite basketball player."

Year Introduced: 2009

"I still have 'The Decision' on my DVR under 'until I delete,' and I will never delete it ever."

Year Introduced: 2006

"Sneakers that cost more than lunch are a waste of money."

Year Introduced: 1935

"I sold Tumblr to Yahoo! for a billion dollars."

Year Introduced: 2007

"Every article of clothing I wear has a stash spot in it."

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"Image is everything."

Year Introduced: 1989

"I really wanted Air Jordan IVs but my mom got me these instead."

Year Introduced: 2012

"I am a minimalist at minimalism."

Year Introduced: 1990

"Bo isn't the only one who knows."

Year Introduced: 1989

"My ankle braces have ankle braces."

Year Introduced: 1991

"I can't understand why the whole split-tongue thing never caught on."

Year Introduced: 1976

"Sneakers AND basketball may as well have stopped evolving with Dr. J."

Year Introduced: 1984

"I am the most interesting man in the world."

Year Introduced: 2001

"I was into Supreme before it was cool. Wait, it was always cool? Dammit!"

Year Introduced: 2003

"I wish my car had the engine on the outside."

Year Introduced: 1990

"I only like tennis shoes that have an actual tennis ball on them."

Year Introduced: 1987

"Forget which was best - which was first?"

Year Introduced: 1991

"I'm not sure who I am most upset with, Michael Jordan, Reggie Miller or John Starks."

Year Introduced: 1972

"EVA foam was good enough for Forrest Gump, EVA foam is good enough for me."

Year Introduced: 1985

"I take being a nerd very seriously."

Year Introduced: 1987

"I need to be ready for anything at any time, up to and including the U.S. Open."

Year Introduced: 1970

"I love the Three Stripes except for the actual stripes part."

Year Introduced: 1979

"I also own a wide selection of ponchos that I bought in Tijuana. And no socks."

Year Introduced: 2009

"I spent my college savings on these and will wear them until the soles stop glowing."

Year Introduced: 2011

"Carrying my stuffed animals around has never been so easy."

Year Introduced: 1984

"I have six more pairs in the trunk of my 633csi."

Year Introduced: 1994

"I never bothered learning how to tie shoelaces and I hope I never run out of CO2."

Year Introduced: 1990

"My formative years were spent in '2 pairs for $80' from Foot Locker."

Year Introduced: 1987

"Nobody beats the Biz."

Year Introduced: 1969

"Everything I needed to know about sneakers I learned from Run-DMC."

Year Introduced: 1998

"I can't afford sneakers AND ankle weights."

Year Introduced: 1997

"The Secret Service couldn't guard me!"

Year Introduced: 1923

"Technology? What's that?"

Year Introduced: 2003

"LeBrons were only cool when Tinker Hatfield worked on them."

Year Introduced: 1965

"I don't know why they ever went away from wooden rackets."

Year Introduced: 1992

"The past 20 years of skateboard sneaker 'technology' has been completely irrelevant."

Year Introduced: 1990

"Me? Run? You must be thinking of someone else."

Year Introduced: 2010

"I have simple taste, and an extravagant budget."

Year Introduced: 1966

"Skateboarding was cool until those Dogtown guys ruined it."

Year Introduced: 1997

"Feet You Wear was the best, and Shaq was the problem the whole time."

Year Introduced: 2012

"Wait, retro Air Jordans were performance basketball shoes once?"

Year Introduced: 2005

"Everything I eat or drink has kale in it."

Year Introduced: 1965

"Sorry, but these are the real Uptowns. Those Air Force 1s are just a fad."

Year Introduced: 1999

"Of course I think Vince Carter should be in the Hall of Fame."

Year Introduced: 2012

"I didn't like Yeezys until I saw Kim wear them."

Year Introduced: 1996

"I don't have a 'Moneybagz' tattoo... YET."

Year Introduced: 2012

"These are definitely my favorite ever until the next great new technology comes out."

Year Introduced: 1990

"You can't tell me nothin'."