Christian Laettner Quotes

By now everyone knows that I picked Kentucky, and I am definitely happy with my decision and that it's all finally over.

My dad, in particular, was adamant that I should finish my education. He encouraged me to go to Oxford, for instance, and I rather doubt I'd have gone if he hadn't. I would have gone straight back to L.A. and tried to start my career.

Until my senior year, baseball and basketball were my best sports; and even when I was a senior, I still wanted to play baseball professionally. But the family wanted me to go to college, and I guess I agreed with them, or else I would have accepted some of the offers I got.

My father said that I could always become an actress, but I couldn't go back to college later in life. So I had to first finish my education, and then I could do what I wanted. At the time, I was not pleased, but now, I can't thank him enough. My parents were absolutely right.

I am very cautious, and there are not too many decisions I've not discussed with my parents, whether that be about my career or away from the field.

In spite of the fact of my dad telling me that if I did well, I could go to the military, I said, 'No, I want to go to college.'

Going to UCLA was probably one of the best decisions I've ever made.

I even remember the first contract I ever signed. I was 13 or 14... my dad said, 'It's your choice. It's your life.'

I chose Stanford for Stanford and not for the coach. I was going to Stanford regardless.

For me, picking a college was really difficult. I wish I had had my parents there kind of supervising me. But I chose well. I did OK.

I easily could've gone to a place like Florida Atlantic, but my dad pushed me to realize that my dream was to play somewhere big. He was right.

I didn't actually figure out how to get guidance, so I just decided to go to school at University of Southern California because they sent me a glossy brochure.

My family was not Republicans. I'm the youngest. I came to this party based upon choice.

Thankfully, I was able to go to Marquette University and get my education, a Catholic education, so I could please my family, because I think they wanted me to be a priest.

So I decided on science when I was in college.

I went to Amherst because my brother had gone there before me, and he went there because his guidance counselor thought that we would do better there than at a large university like Harvard.

I got accepted at Yale but never went.

Education was a given, only because of the way I was raised. Truth be told, I thought, at 15 years old, I should go and get a record deal and drop out of school, and my parents would have had none of that. I'm grateful now that my parents were pushing me in that way, because I wasn't mature enough on so many levels to do that.

I always make my decisions together with my family, my father. Of course, I hear the advice of everyone who wishes me well, but the final decision is always mine, with my family.

Most of the career choices I've made have been because of my family.

Dad says do whatever your heart says is right, and I am following this in my career. I feel lucky that he is my dad.

My parents have always been supportive. I come from a very simple middle class family, where the upbringing is very traditional. So for them to give me the kind of freedom to exercise my choices is very fortunate for me.

I was very lucky: a lot of people go through the college system not knowing what they want to do. Thankfully my parents were very supportive of my choices and pretty much gave me free reign.

My decision to go to Duke wasn't a surprise to people who really knew me because I was always a Duke fan growing up.

I didn't decide on what college I was going to go to until the day I had to.