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. ”