139 Quotes by Luol Deng

Even in high school, when I had injuries, I tried to play with them. When I shouldn't have worked out, I worked out.

When we were in Egypt, we were refugees. My family and I were homeless. For five years, out of all of the countries in the world that my father was contacting, the only one that took us in was England.

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

I grew up in Brixton as a young teenager playing basketball for the Brixton Topcats, which marked the beginning of my career.

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

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

There are so many kids in Africa who adore these athletes in the NBA and see themselves in them, even though we're so far removed.

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

Men from my tribe in Sudan - the Dinka tribe - are very tall, so you could say I was born to play basketball.