A biography for Christian Laettnerhasn’t been written yet.
“When I was 15 years old, the Duke-UNC game looked like the funnest game in the world to be a part of. So I chose to make sure I was a part of it for four years, and when I was at Duke, it exceeded all my expectations.”
“Larry Johnson was fun to watch.”
“People can think what they want about me.”
“There's gotta be a villain; there's gotta be a good guy.”
“I loved my time in Minnesota. I loved it so much that I lived up there until 1999.”
“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.”
“It amuses me that just because I'm white and always looked skinny, I'm supposed to be unphysical, soft, not tough.”
“My freshman year, the hate was all directed toward Danny Ferry. And every year, there's some new poor sucker at Duke who draws the ire of everybody.”
“How many people get to say a '30 for 30' is being made about them?”
“I enjoy being mysterious. I enjoy the notoriety it brings.”
“I don't watch any NBA games today, because it makes me sad: I want to be back out there.”
“I'm a little embarrassed to say I'm a little bit of a soccer dad.”
“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 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'm different now than I was when I was 20 years old.”
“You can't do something stupid at any time. If you do, you're going to get technicals or flagrant fouls, or you're going to get kicked out of the game or whatever.”
“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.”
“Every basketball thing I do now through my academy is always in a muskie state so I can work both those passions at the same time.”
“I really looked forward to the opportunity to play for the Timberwolves. I went up there and gave it my all. I fell in love with the city and the people up there, even to the extreme where I met my wife up there.”
“I'm very close with Brian Davis, Thomas Hill, and Marty Clark.”