Christian Laettner

I don't think it's a good M.O. to disrespect your opponents, and maybe that's why the teams that disrespected me and my…

— Christian Laettner

People mature. They learn. They get better at things. You're different when you're 45 than when you're 25.

— Christian Laettner

Any opposing gym we go into, I want them to hate me. At the end of the game, I want to be…

— Christian Laettner

I don't watch any NBA games today, because it makes me sad: I want to be back out there.

— Christian Laettner

If you want the whole college basketball experience, you have to go to a game at Cameroon Indoor!

— Christian Laettner

Basketball is a non-aggressive game. So when emotions are high, there's a very low chance to get angry or yell. So that's…

— Christian Laettner

I pursued to have my team win as much as we could, and it doesn't happen without great teammates.

— Christian Laettner

I had an older brother that would beat me in everything, and then he would rub my nose in it, and that…

— Christian Laettner

When you're being interviewed every day, and you're tired, you can make mistakes and say the wrong things, especially when you're young.…

— Christian Laettner

My whole freshman year at Duke, it was drilled into me that nothing was given to you, and you have to earn…

— Christian Laettner

When you're at home for Duke-Carolina, you have a crowd of close to 10,000 around you, loving you. That's awesome. But it's…

— Christian Laettner

I made three visits during my senior year of high school to Duke, UNC, and Virginia. If I hadn't gone to Duke,…

— Christian Laettner

For whatever reason, the people that don't appreciate Duke basketball or don't pull for Duke basketball, they have a tendency to vilify…

— Christian Laettner

You can't cry yourself to sleep every night because people from a distance hate you. So you gotta do with it what…

— Christian Laettner

I'm sure I was insensitive. I'm probably still a jerk at times. But my priority as a freshman was to be good…

— Christian Laettner

When I was 15 years old, the Duke-UNC game looked like the funnest game in the world to be a part of.…

— Christian Laettner

I know I used to play basketball every day, whether it was for fun with my older brother or if it was…

— Christian Laettner

I always believed him. If Coach K said the sky will be purple when you get outside, I would have believed him.

— Christian Laettner

It's hard to live up to the expectations. Besides that, I think I had a very good NBA career, and I'm proud…

— Christian Laettner

Given the way Duke plays its offense and defense, in high school I was very interested in playing for Coach K. Then…

— Christian Laettner