139 Quotes by Luol Deng

At 13, I concentrated on my school work and playing sports, which, to this day, is something I still believe is very, very important.

I don't think it changes who you are inside. But when you have a lot of money, it makes a lot of things easier. That's why everyone wants to be successful.

I don't mind someone saying I'm not good enough. It hurts more when someone says you're faking an injury.

The best thing I learned from Manute was to be selfless. He was always about his people. He was about helping others.

In basketball, the legs are the most important part of your body. A lot of people think it's the upper body because you shoot with your arms, but your legs are always carrying you, so if you don't lift leg weights, your muscles will be easily fatigued.

I get up early and go to bed early.

A lot of basketball players have tendinitis. It's known as jumper's knee, and it just comes from all the pounding our knees take.

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

There are a lot of people in Chicago that I miss. I was there one year out of high school. So I basically grew up there.