Luol Deng Quotes

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Luol Deng

Profession : Athlete

Birth : April 16, 1985

Manute Bol taught my family the game of basketball.

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Because I was the youngest boy, I was always my mom's favorite - and my brothers were always tough on me.

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I really didn't want to play basketball for the longest time, but I just wouldn't stop growing. But I always wanted to be a professional soccer player.

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I was just a lanky kid, just tall.

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It's not easy not to play.

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No matter what I do for the rest of my career, I think I'll always be a Bulls guy.

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At some point, when I was in Chicago for maybe eight years, I never thought I would leave Chicago. I wish it would have happened that way, but everything happens for a reason.

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When I look back at 19, coming here to Chicago, some of the things that were said, some of the stuff that you deal with - at 19 years old, it's a lot of pressure.

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You always - as a basketball player, as a competitor - that's where you speak most: on the court.

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A lot of freshmen will come in and say they can do what Carmelo did, but not everybody is Carmelo Anthony. He was a special player. Syracuse was a great fit for him.

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A lot of people expect a lot of things out of me.

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I know how to put the ball in the hoop.

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I've seen players in the past who wanted to stay with their team, and it didn't work out.

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The older you get, the more you appreciate where you are and the more confidence you have in what you can do.

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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 refugee.

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I really feel great when I help somebody.

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I try to let my highs not be too high and my lows not be too low. And I do that just because I try to control my emotions.

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I think injuries happen. You can prevent a lot of them, but some of them you can't.

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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 say, it used to be almost like a joke. I used to say I'll be in the NBA one day.

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Being from the Sudan, there is a lot of stuff going on in Sudan, so I try to do a lot there with my foundation. That's my way of giving back.

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