100 Quotes by Christian Laettner

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.

You can't do something stupid at any time. If you do, you're going to get technicals or flagrant fouls, or you're going to get kicked out of the game or whatever.

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

I can't say I go through life liking it and that I pursue to be hated, but I did pursue to be a good basketball player.

I'm versatile in every part of my game - except being nice, which I am only at home.

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.

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

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.

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.