Christian Laettner

I always pull for the best of the best.

— Christian Laettner

It's not good to be a hater.

— Christian Laettner

I'd love to do movies.

— Christian Laettner

I was unique and still am unique.

— Christian Laettner

You cannot just allow your team to stink.

— Christian Laettner

Larry Johnson was fun to watch.

— Christian Laettner

I want to see kids go to college more.

— Christian Laettner

I root for John Calipari.

— Christian Laettner

I'm very close with Brian Davis, Thomas Hill, and Marty Clark.

— Christian Laettner

I'm up in Minneapolis all the time. I love being up there.

— Christian Laettner

I don't think the world hated Duke basketball before me.

— Christian Laettner

I'm a little embarrassed to say I'm a little bit of a soccer dad.

— Christian Laettner

How many people get to say a '30 for 30' is being made about them?

— Christian Laettner

You can only be that confident if you know you've done the work.

— Christian Laettner

When you're the king of someplace, you don't voluntarily leave.

— Christian Laettner

People say I'm selfish. There might be some truth to that.

— Christian Laettner

I can't say I go through life liking it and that I pursue to be hated, but I did pursue to be…

— Christian Laettner

Part of me would like for not all the Kentucky, Carolina, and Connecticut fans to despise me, but another part of me…

— Christian Laettner

Everyone says I was real cute as a kid, but from 8 to 19, I was horrible-looking, freaky.

— Christian Laettner

Well, my last year was 04-05 with the Heat, and I relaxed for a few years, and I said, 'Well, what am…

— Christian Laettner

Every basketball thing I do now through my academy is always in a muskie state so I can work both those passions…

— Christian Laettner

My freshman year, the hate was all directed toward Danny Ferry. And every year, there's some new poor sucker at Duke who…

— Christian Laettner

Shaq is such a load. He's so big and strong, but it's possible to play well against him.

— Christian Laettner

Honestly, the Carolina games I played in every year were more intense than the national championship games I played in - they…

— Christian Laettner

I played some ping pong with the guys on the T'Wolves team. I might have been the champ on that team, too.…

— Christian Laettner

I think every basketball player I know loves ping pong. Everyone played in on the Dream Team. I played Clyde Drexler and…

— Christian Laettner

You pay attention to detail. You try to win every time. You play tough. And when you play the right way and…

— Christian Laettner

I really looked forward to the opportunity to play for the Timberwolves. I went up there and gave it my all. I…

— Christian Laettner

Every Olympics, when I was growing up and playing basketball, my parents and I made it a point to sit down and…

— Christian Laettner

At Duke, the coaches would cover up for you. But with the Wolves, something happen,s and it's in the papers, and I'm…

— Christian Laettner

I think if you are a player going to Duke, you have to expect a little bit to be not liked when…

— Christian Laettner

When I went to work with Garinger, they were good kids and a very good team. But they had a nine-game losing…

— Christian Laettner

People can think what they want about me.

— Christian Laettner

I love muskie fishing in the summer time.

— Christian Laettner

I realize everyone has the image and perception that I was the worst person.

— Christian Laettner

No one thinks more highly of me than probably myself. I think that's fine.

— Christian Laettner

There's gotta be a villain; there's gotta be a good guy.

— Christian Laettner

You earn playing time on the practice floor.

— Christian Laettner

My problem is being brutally honest. People don't like that.

— Christian Laettner

The only thing I can control is winning on the basketball court.

— Christian Laettner