Luol Deng

I was just a lanky kid, just tall.

— Luol Deng

It's not easy not to play.

— Luol Deng

I get up early and go to bed early.

— Luol Deng

Chicago is where I have always wanted to be.

— Luol Deng

As good as Miami is, we'd rather go to Miami.

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I've played with a lot of injuries.

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I don't play for recognition.

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I really feel great when I help somebody.

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When I started playing basketball, I hated it because football had always been my sport.

— Luol Deng

Nobody ever remembers the worst film they ever saw.

— Luol Deng

We talk about players going broke, but we don't talk about why that is happening.

— Luol Deng

Playing defense hard gets me going offensively.

— Luol Deng

I wouldn't like to be invisible for a day. But if I was... I'd probably be up to no good.

— Luol Deng

A lot of people experience racism at different times on different terms.

— Luol Deng

I think that my offense comes from what I do with my defense.

— Luol Deng

I was always tall, but I had a real growth spurt between 12 and 14.

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I don't think it changes who you are inside. But when you have a lot of money, it makes a lot of…

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In Africa, kids don't look at black athletes and say, 'They're different from us.' They look at them and say, 'That can…

— Luol Deng

I've never been in a place where I've walked in the street and actually feel home, where I don't feel like a…

— Luol Deng

When I go out there, I try to do everything I can to win. That doesn't mean I have to score more…

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I think everyone in this league should aim to become good enough to shoot for the MVP. Not everyone can do it,…

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To me, somebody can say what they want about me all day, whether it's my game or my personality or who I…

— Luol Deng

Every single team that I've played for, every single person would tell you that I've given it everything every single day.

— Luol Deng

I only lived in Sudan until I was four years, so I cannot really relate to that. It is just a different…

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I believe leaving school early was the right decision to make, but at first, I wasn't sure. But my coaches told me…

— Luol Deng

Here in the U.K., I want basketball to get better. I want the kids to have more playgrounds. I want the kids…

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When we were in Egypt, we were refugees. My family and I were homeless. For five years, out of all of the…

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I have friends growing up in Egypt. I have friends in England. And they just can't believe that what I used to…

— Luol Deng

I was very skilled at football at a young age in Egypt. I never played with a real ball. We used rolled-up…

— Luol Deng

For me, I had a close family. There were others like me who were going through a lot of rough times, so…

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In the States, I get recognised all the time. I met a fan once who had a tattoo of my face on…

— Luol Deng

Egypt was tough without our parents. My brothers and sisters had to work day by day, and every time they collected a…

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I am big fan of Arsenal.

— Luol Deng

Man, I hate vegetables.

— Luol Deng

In England, I'm just another tall guy!

— Luol Deng

I don't like sneaking up on people.

— Luol Deng

I know how to put the ball in the hoop.

— Luol Deng

I've always been low key, do my thing, do what I got to do, and get on with it.

— Luol Deng

We had a court, and my brothers would play outdoors, with rims barely hanging in there.

— Luol Deng

I always believe every team that wins has to go through some things.

— Luol Deng