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I grew up in Brixton as a young teenager playing basketball for the Brixton Topcats, which marked the beginning of my career.
Luol Deng / Basketball Player
Basketball
Beginning
Marked
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Best team player? As good as Lebron James is, I have to go with Messi. What he's doing, he's on pace to becoming the best ever.
Luol Deng / Basketball Player
Becoming The Best
Player
Team
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In Africa, kids don't look at black athletes and say, 'They're different from us.' They look at them and say, 'That can be me.'
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Africa
Me Look Black
Athletes
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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.
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Pounding
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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.
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Adore
Nba
Africa
Athletes
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At 13, I concentrated on my school work and playing sports, which, to this day, is something I still believe is very, very important.
Luol Deng / Basketball Player
Concentrated
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I'm not the same person on the court. I'm different when I'm off the court. Off the court, I don't need to be aggressive or anything.
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Aggressive
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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.
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Different Cultures
Mature
Cultures
Experienced
Helped
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My whole life, I've been getting used to adapting. There are small differences, but culturally, the States and the U.K. are very close.
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Adapting
Differences
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I always said if I didn't focus on basketball, then it would have been football. I was pretty good and was asked to go to England trials.
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Trials
Pretty Good
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I remember when we were in Egypt as refugees. It was tough, but there was always hope - hope that there's light at the end of the tunnel.
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Egypt
End Of The Tunnel
Light
Remember
Remember When
Tough
Refugees
Tunnel
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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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Giving Back
Sudan
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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.
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Good Me Better
Bad Thing
Good Look Me
Good Thing
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I think everyone in this league should aim to become good enough to shoot for the MVP. Not everyone can do it, but you've gotta try your hardest.
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Aim
Good Enough Your
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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.
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Egypt
Refugee
Remember When
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I had this one teacher, and as I got older and translated things he used to say, it was racist and hatred stuff he was saying toward me and my brother.
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Translated
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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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Soccer
Longest
Longest Time
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When I go out there, I try to do everything I can to win. That doesn't mean I have to score more than the other team; it may mean stopping the other team.
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Score
Stopping
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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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Chicago
Pressure
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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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Special
Syracuse
Freshmen
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When people ask me where I'm from, I say I'm from the Sudan. But when they ask what my hometown is, I say London. It's where I lived, and it's where my whole family lived.
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Hometown
Sudan
Family Me People
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South Sudan is my home, and I am humbled to be in a position to help those suffering from lack of access to basic needs, especially the children facing severe acute malnutrition.
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Basic Needs
Malnutrition
Severe
Sudan
Acute
Humbled
Facing
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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.
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Chicago
Rumor
Team
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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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Egypt
Nba
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I was very skilled at football at a young age in Egypt. I never played with a real ball. We used rolled-up socks or a balloon with a towel ducktaped to it, and we played on concrete in bare feet.
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Bare Feet
Concrete
Egypt
Young Age
Balloon
Bare
Skilled
Socks
Towel
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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.
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Grounded
Staying
Tattoo
Arm
Time Face People
Carried
Met
Recognised
Some People
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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.
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Coaches
Leaving
Right Decision
Believe Heart I Believe
Exactly What
Regrets
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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.
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Egypt
England
Homeless
Family World Father
Refugees
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Egypt was tough without our parents. My brothers and sisters had to work day by day, and every time they collected a pay cheque, they brought it into the house and put it on the table. That's how we lived.
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Brothers And Sisters
Egypt
Time Work Day
Sisters
Cheque
Collected
Work Time Day
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Whatever the issue is, whether it's Ebola or something else, I just want to get involved. Sometimes, even if it's just my time or my words, if my involvement changes people from donating $1 to $2, then I'll do it.
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Involvement
Something Else
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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.
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Older Brother
Political Science
Scholarship
Professionally
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For me, I had a close family. There were others like me who were going through a lot of rough times, so we always came together. It was understood that we would overcome hate, as long as you surround yourself with love and what's real.
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Rough
Rough Times
Surround
Surround Yourself
Love Family Together
Overcome
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I am extremely proud to be a part of the NBA's first game in Africa. Coming from South Sudan and having participated in the Basketball without Borders Africa camps in Johannesburg previously, I am truly honored to be part of this historic event.
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Basketball
Borders
Camps
Historic
Honored
Johannesburg
Nba
Proud
Sudan
Africa
Game
Part
Coming
Event
Extremely
Having
Truly
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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.
Luol Deng / Basketball Player
Arms
Legs
Muscles
Always Your Body
Carrying
Important Part
Leg
Lift
Weights
Upper
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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.
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Recognises
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