Christian Laettner Quotes

Dislike is what creates rivalries.

There is no friendship out there. When you race, you have to fight. That's it.

Everyone is out there to beat me, so I go up against every single player to have a battle.

I am one of those players who has many scars up and down my legs from being kicked, but I know I have a job to do, and beating my opponent is my goal.

On that court, ain't no such thing as friends and smiling and everything like that.

There is no such thing as friends on the field.

I play basketball hard-nosed and if you're not on my team, during that 48 minutes we're enemies.

Great contests generally excite great animosities.

I'm a competitor; I'm in here talking - come at me. If you score on me, I'm gonna tap you on your butt. You got the best of me - but you got to do it every time.

I don't shy away from competition.

There is a battle between me and Lin Dan and Lee Chong Wei. We always do our best.

I got in a lot of fights growing up, and not just basketball fights.

Those are the ones you look forward to: going against a great, talented player, someone who's going to be in this league for a long time, who you're going to be seeing for a long time. Get a chance to go out, compete, and just have fun. Those are the fun match-ups.

For my entire Duke career, people were gunning for us and hating us and wanting us to lose, so I got used to that right away. Every team is going to give you their best shot. Everyone wants to beat you.

I love playing against my friend D-Rose.

I grew up in a rough neighborhood, so I fought a lot. Even when I was wrestling, if I lost a match, I always thought, That guy would never beat me in a fight.

If anybody's getting a shot, somebody's getting a shot against me because I'm the guy to beat.

I'm used to competition.

I just want to whup the man in front of me, play after play.

I love it when the people celebrate when they beat you.

My goal is to beat you whether you're clean or dirty.

The whole 'SmackDown' roster has a chip on its shoulder.

If I can't outplay you in football, I'm gonna fight ya.

My brother thundered me in everything most of my life. He was a great carrot out in front of me. All I wanted to do, ever, was beat him at anything.

I feel like I'm a competitor. I hate to lose.