Christian Laettner

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

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 team lost to us. ”

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. ”

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

You cannot just allow your team to stink. ”

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'm sure I was insensitive. I'm probably still a jerk at times. But my priority as a freshman was to be good in basketball and play a lot. Not to be the nicest person in the world. I was one-track-minded. I still am. ”

Everyone says I was real cute as a kid, but from 8 to 19, I was horrible-looking, freaky. ”

I want to see kids go to college more. ”

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