Christian Laettner

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.

I'd love to do movies.

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.

I really looked forward to the opportunity to play for the Timberwolves. I went up there and gave it my all. I fell in love with the city and the people up there, even to the extreme where I met my wife up there.

Well, my last year was 04-05 with the Heat, and I relaxed for a few years, and I said, 'Well, what am I going to do?' I've got to do my passion, and my passion is basketball.

I don't need you to love me. I don't want you to hate me, but just don't judge a book by its cover.

People don't know how awesome Minnesota is... I love it up here. And when I was playing up here, I loved every second of it, even if it was minus 20 degrees.

I think every basketball player I know loves ping pong. Everyone played in on the Dream Team. I played Clyde Drexler and Chris Mullin and even David Stern once. David Stern saw I was pretty good.

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

My biggest regret in life - well, one of them - is that I wasn't muskie fishing from '92 to '96 when I was not married.

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 went to Duke, and I stayed at Duke all four years because I wanted as many years under Coach K's tutelage as I could get. I think every year you get with him, the more it's going help you for basketball and life. So I wanted to play for him as long as I could.