Luol Deng Quotes

It's literally I'll be injured or hurt in some facet and I'll go work out to heal it, to make it get better so I can hold that tolerance level.

I don't even remember how many times I've sprained my ankle. I've had stress fractures galore and torn my PCL. You just take a little time off if you have the time, and if not, you keep training until you can take the time off.

That's probably the biggest difference from a hamstring to different injuries. You can play through pain with other injuries. But as I found out quickly with a hamstring, if you're feeling any pain, eventually, it's not going to work.

I've played with IVs before, during and after games. I've played with a broken hand, a sprained ankle, a torn shoulder, a fractured tooth, a severed lip, and a knee the size of a softball. I don't miss 15 games because of a toe injury that everybody knows wasn't that serious in the first place.

It's tough to play with an injury.

I have felt in my head that I would like to play, but then you listen to your body and accept it might be better that you do not play every game immediately after an injury.

I can't dictate how I play because I'm injured. I've got to go out there and still play.

It's not like I can't play football with some injuries.

Dealing with injuries each year, it's kind of like a given that it'll happen. You've just got to push through it.

I want the opportunity to play pain-free.

When I was getting injured so much, I spoke to my family and my manager and said, 'I need my body to recover.' The first thing I thought was that I needed to stay upright. When I went back to Brazil to play, after a few months, my body was perfect.

Being injured is something that happens in this sport. Anybody who gets into it understands that.

I've been unfortunate enough to be working, and recovering from a few injuries now and again.

My first injury ever was a broken toe, and my mother made me run laps around the mat for the rest of the night. She said she wanted me to know that even if I was hurt, I was still fine.

Injuries are part of the game, but sometimes we can avoid them by just practicing our techniques.

There's a difference between playing hurt and playing injured.

I never had a serious injury that kept me out of a big competition. Now everyone has injuries - to their feet or their knees or their backs.

I wish there was a season where I was playing and didn't have no aches, no pains, no bruises, no nothing.

Sometimes, it's just unfortunate you get injured in the game. But you can definitely take strides to prevent those things.

I've dealt with a lot of injuries over the years, and you just learn about pain management and how to keep yourself in the best shape to play on Sunday, and then playing with pain.

If you have injuries, it's tough.

Because of my sports background, I know how to overcome wear and tear and how to temporarily fix injuries on the spot.

Most of the players can get injured, small ones and big ones. But when you get the small ones, you have to fight against them and play, play, play.

I've broken my hand, I threw my back out once, and then I've had some pretty bad cuts, but that's been about it. I've been able to avoid most of the really, really bad injuries and career-ending injuries.

I'm not saying I'm never going to get injured again; that's just impossible.