Christian Laettner

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. ”

I played some ping pong with the guys on the T'Wolves team. I might have been the champ on that team, too. But ping pong is a big part of my life. I grew up playing it against my brother and my father when I was young. They used to kick my behind for a long time, so I got very good at it. ”

Shaq is such a load. He's so big and strong, but it's possible to play well against him. ”