Christian Laettner

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.

When I went to work with Garinger, they were good kids and a very good team. But they had a nine-game losing streak, and you can see that they were getting down and depressed and not feeling rewards for their efforts. But when I came in there, I didn't need to teach them much about X's and O's.

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

I had an older brother that would beat me in everything, and then he would rub my nose in it, and that made me work even harder.

It's easier to work hard when you're passionate about what you're doing.