Quotes from Christian Laettner

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

I've been on teams in the NBA where we don't play the right way.

I root for John Calipari.

I made three visits during my senior year of high school to Duke, UNC, and Virginia. If I hadn't gone to Duke, I would have went to Carolina, just like a lot of Carolina players who, had they not gone there, would have went to Duke.

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

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

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

I've got a beautiful wife and a beautiful family.

I got a beautiful wife and beautiful, healthy children, and that's really all you can ask for.

Every basketball thing I do now through my academy is always in a muskie state so I can work both those passions at the same time.

You pay attention to detail. You try to win every time. You play tough. And when you play the right way and be accountable to each other, you're going to have success and enjoy the game that much more.

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

If you are not a Dukie, and Duke is having a lot of success year after year, you might get tired of it. They might not like your competing personality or competing persona, and if you are not a Dukie, or you don't love Duke or Christian Laettner, then I can understand the hating on me.

For me, personally, on the inside, the best moment was winning my first championship.

When I was 15 years old, the Duke-UNC game looked like the funnest game in the world to be a part of. So I chose to make sure I was a part of it for four years, and when I was at Duke, it exceeded all my expectations.

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

I don't believe many teams can do it just with one really, really good player. You have to be surrounded with a good cast.

My senior year was crazy. We were defending champions, we were on national TV just about every weekend, and we were winning. Teams always brought their best when they went up against us, and we always matched it.

My second choice would've been Carolina. And when I told my mother I was going to Duke and not Carolina, she just cried, and that made my decision process a little harder. But I still went with what felt right, and it ended up working out well for me.

You earn playing time on the practice floor.

Anytime the premiere sports channel calls you and says they want to do a movie about you, you're going to say, 'Yes.'

It's hard to live up to the expectations. Besides that, I think I had a very good NBA career, and I'm proud of it. I might not have been an absolute monster, but I thought I did pretty good.

I pursued to have my team win as much as we could.

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 also a lot of fun in Chapel Hill, where it's you, your teammates and your coaches, and no one else. I enjoyed the games at Chapel Hill a little more because of that.