“I don't think the world hated Duke basketball before me.” — Christian Laettner Quote

“I don't think the world hated Duke basketball before me.”

“I used to tell my mother, 'Mom, when they write really flattering things about your son, don't believe it all. And when they write really negative things about your son, don't believe it all.'”

“Anytime the premiere sports channel calls you and says they want to do a movie about you, you're going to say, 'Yes.'”

“Coming from high school and all my other middle schools, everybody that I was around played some type of sport. But going to Duke, I met people who played sports but also wanted to do things in business and technology and different things like that.”

“I was the No. 1 player in high school. I was a lottery player at Duke. I was player of the year in the ACC as a freshman. People just forget about these things, like I don't deserve to be in the league.”

“If you don't have a team that can run, you have to put the big gloves on and duke it out.”