Christian Laettner Quotes

I'm still a big kid - I make mistakes all time.

I made so many mistakes when I was younger.

When one is young, one can become distracted and overconfident.

I know that in my past I was young and irresponsible - but that's what growing up is. You learn from your mistakes.

Youth is wasted on the young.

I'm very mature for my age, but I'm also innocent in a lot of ways.

I picked up an issue of Cosmopolitan the other day that had tips for job interviews, because I was like, 'I need to get better at interviews.' The article was basically about how to get someone not to hate you in 20 minutes. Every single thing they told you not to do, I was like, 'I do that every day.'

For me, becoming a man had a lot to do with learning communication, and I learned about that by acting.

I feel about 18, but my mind is much more mature now, so it's a perfect combination.

When you are young, you do a lot of stupid things.

When you're younger - duh - you don't really have the tools to deal with certain things in your life.

People tend to become more emotionally intelligent as they age and mature.

I don't think you can come into your wisdom until you have made mistakes on your own skin and felt them in reality of your own life.

When you're young, you just go banging about, but you're more sensitive as you grow older.

At 17, we all think we know what we're doing.

To be a good director, you have to have good life experience. I'm getting there.

The advantage of age is that you swap youth for wisdom. You're so full of insecurities when you're young. 'Who am I? What do I have to do for people to like me?' You get caught up in things. You get very emotional about things.

Youth is that period when a young boy knows everything but how to make a living.

So young and so wrong.

I must make decisions every five minutes and give the impression of being sure of myself! Sincerely, this is the cause of my verbal violence.

I was young and naive. I didn't have the advice I have now and made mistakes. I didn't understand it was about attitude as well as ability.

When you're 20, you think you know a lot more than you do.

Nobody under 55 knows anything much about life. Nobody under 30 knows anything.

I think I'm a little less naive than SpongeBob can sometimes seem to be.

When I came out of high school, I was a little kid. I didn't understand the business.