Luol Deng Quotes (29 Quotes)


    Kirk carried us. I had some good looks in the fourth quarter, but the whole game I struggled. But I thought Kirk stepped up, and we followed him.

    There are no moral victories for this team. We think that we're good enough to beat them. No one else thinks so, but we do.

    It's a big possibility. My freshman and sophomore years of high school, I felt that Connecticut was the school I was going to.

    He gave us a lot of trouble with our shots. Every time he played us, he played great. He's long, very good around the rim.

    We just couldn't hit shots. We were missing shots. We had good looks, we just have to convert them. We've got to do a better job of taking care of the ball and get shots at the rim.


    You play hard every night, and it becomes a habit. If we don't play that way, we go down.

    The Cleveland game bothered Andres, no doubt about it. He hasn't been himself lately.

    We played like we had a game Wednesday night. We lacked energy, and they played more aggressive.

    It feels like I keep getting something. Throughout my career, I never really got hurt. All of a sudden, maybe it's telling me I have to put on weight and toughen it up.

    We just had to put them away, but we started making mistakes and allowed them back in the game. When they went up, they didn't look back. We had good looks, but we just didn't convert.

    We were lucky to comeback and win this game. We didn't play to well all night but we didn't give up, especially in the last seven minutes.

    It's just another basketball game. It's just a game where we have to get a win. It'll be good to see them, but once we get on the floor, we just have to get a win.

    They were just accidents. Luke said he was just testing my concussion. I'm not mad at him.

    A lot of players take some time off, so I feel like when I was injured that was my time off. I think I'm close to 100 percent. My hand will keep getting stronger. I'm on right path to recovery. I just have to keep doing what I have to do.

    We just couldn't hit shots. We had good looks but they weren't falling and we kept turning the ball over.

    It's a good feeling to clinch it on my birthday, but we want to build on this and see if we can climb a bit more. I had good looks (today) and didn't think twice about taking shots.

    The pain was a lot more than it is now, but what was stopping me from playing was the dizziness. Every time I made a quick move or shook my head, I would be dizzy right after for a little while. That's why I wasn't playing.

    Charlie was pretty impressive. I thought they played well, but we just picked it up a little.

    I don't feel like I have a weak hand. I feel like my left is a lot stronger than last year.

    I thought Shaun and I would be in the same place this year, ... I just didn't expect it to be in the green room.

    I think he did it on purpose, no question about that. I don't know if he was trying to hurt him.

    We sat behind the bench. It was good to see the guys. They're having an unbelievable year. It was a great time I had there. I'm happy with my decision to turn pro, but I still miss it.

    The pass was fine. I caught the ball and had a good look at the basket. I shoot a lot of jump shots from the baseline, but the one that I wanted to go in most didn't (go in). Next time, I've got to knock it down.

    I'm all right, feel OK. First play, going to the hole, I got hit with an elbow right in the head. It's just unlucky. Things happen, and you can't do anything about it. I can't believe it myself.

    I feel like we took another step ahead. We hustled. We don't get rewarded for it. But as a team we've got to know we played the world champs and took them to overtime. The only reason we did that is because of how hard we played.

    I just fell into a rhythm and I had good looks. I didn't think twice, I just let it go when I had the shot. I don't mind coming off the bench. It doesn't matter.

    It's getting better, but I still have problems with light and headaches. It's the worst timing.

    The whole team realized he was feeling it. We wanted to give him the ball. We all told coach to put him back in the game. When anyone's feeling it ... We're all here to have fun, we wanna watch it.

    I just twisted it a little and got hit on it. I could have played. I'm fine. We just made the decision not to play.


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