Christian Laettner Quotes

What used to drive me was the fact that I wanted to be better than everybody at something. One of my best qualities is that I used whatever other people found to be an adverse thing to be a positive thing for myself.

I'm not used to crying. It's a little difficult. All my life I've had to fight. It's just another fight I'm going to have to learn how to win, that's all. I'm just going to have to keep smiling.

When things don't go your way, it bites you from within, and you have to find a way to get out of it.

Work hard for what you want because it won't come to you without a fight. You have to be strong and courageous and know that you can do anything you put your mind to. If somebody puts you down or criticizes you, just keep on believing in yourself and turn it into something positive.

I'm proud of the way I've dealt with setbacks. It's hard when you feel down and you think, 'Why is the world doing this to me?' But you have to pick yourself up again. That's what makes you a better athlete.

I'm a big believer in overcoming and achieving and doing things and not feeling sorry for yourself.

However you arrive at the ability to ignore self-doubt - if you can acquire it or possess it or find it or discover it - move beyond self-doubt.

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

I'm a fighter and not a victim. Think of yourself and make the most of life.

Every single day, I get up and I say, 'I am going to live and not die.'

There's no room in my life for feeling sorry for myself.

If you focus on the things you can't do, you'll destroy yourself. Just remember everything you can do.

You're not human if you don't feel fear. But I've learnt to treat fear as an emotion that sharpens me. It's there to give me that edge for what I have to do.

I don't mind people hating me, because it pushes me.

I've never let myself give up, because I believe in myself. I want to get stronger than I have ever been, and I will continue to tell myself that I can do it, no matter what the odds.

People could tell me I was not good at something and, even if I wasn't, I told myself I was.

Dumped? Fired? Scorned? Humiliated? Totally pissed off? If so, I've got great news! You might be on your way to living your best life ever - if you consciously choose to channel this pain into fuel - and use it to motivate yourself to become your highest potential self!

When people talk trash about me and doubt me, I just use it as motivation.

I have my moments when I am down and low. But I gather myself when decisions are to be taken.

When you have bad moments, you have to improve. You have to become stronger to deal with it, and I believe I have become stronger.

Christopher believed that to overcome any adversity, no matter how challenging, you need to go forward each day with strength, determination and compassion.

It made me a stronger person, and more determined. I don't know if I'd still be as strong if I didn't have all that hate. I needed hate to make me more determined.

I believe that everyone has good days and bad days, but you can't let the bad times beat you down.

Whenever something's really hard, you always question yourself, and I had many times when I questioned myself, but I always rose above it.

I like feeling like I could probably fail, because it makes me find a part of myself that I didn't really know: an inner fighter in me.