Quotes from Luol Deng

I've seen a lot and experienced so many different cultures, and that's helped me a lot in my career and helped me mature as a person.

In the States, I get recognised all the time. I met a fan once who had a tattoo of my face on his arm. I can see how some people get carried away with it, but I don't have trouble staying grounded.

To me, somebody can say what they want about me all day, whether it's my game or my personality or who I am as a human being.

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.

I work hard. I never want to live with that feeling that I've disappointed somebody.

I think it's always going to be strange for me facing the Bulls.

My older brother played professionally in Europe. My other older brother went to UConn on scholarship, finished his education in political science, then he went on and played in Europe for years. My other brother played in Europe.

I have friends who ended up playing professionally in the Middle East and Europe.

I am big fan of Arsenal.

From where I came from, the way I was raised, when somebody does something for you, you always want to give something back to them.

What I try to do is to look ahead of me and not look back. Whether that's a good thing or bad thing, I'm just focused on trying to get better.

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

Here in the U.K., I want basketball to get better. I want the kids to have more playgrounds. I want the kids to have more attention. I want basketball to be on TV more often. But I really don't care if I walk down the street and somebody recognises me or not.

I don't play for recognition.

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

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.

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

As much as I want to stay on the team -- I love Chicago, I love the Bulls -- at the same time, I know the business part of it. Sooner or later, all the rumors are going to come up.

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 believe leaving school early was the right decision to make, but at first, I wasn't sure. But my coaches told me to follow my heart and there wouldn't be any regrets, and that's exactly what I did.

I know how to put the ball in the hoop.

I remember when I was a kid, as a refugee in Egypt, every day, there was always a hope that we'd get to leave tomorrow and we'd get to go somewhere.

Nobody ever remembers the worst film they ever saw.