Dikembe Mutombo
Dikembe Mutombo
Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean-Jacques Wamutombo, commonly referred to as Dikembe Mutombo, is a Congolese American retired professional basketball player who played 18 seasons in the National Basketball Association. Outside basketball, he has become known for his humanitarian work...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth25 June 1966
CityKinshasa, DR Congo
CountryUnited States of America
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It's not easy to teach a child how to win.
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Me as a backup center? Hell no.
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I cannot forget the place that I come from. The Congo is much in need.
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After spending more than 17 years playing for the NBA, in the summertime, I always came back to community service and different basketball clinics.
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God put us here to prepare this place for the next generation. That's our job. Raising children and helping the community, that's preparing for the next generation.
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When an elevator brings u upstairs, you better send it back down in order to bring others up!
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When you take the elevator to the top, please remember to send it back down so someone else might use it.
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Food - there's no greater gift...
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There's a great door opening for him now. You have to take advantage of that. He can run so well and block shots. I told him, look you don't have to worry how many points you score. He has a chance to be a big-time prominent player.
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I just love kids. As a kid, I grew up in a poor country with a poor family that had nothing. I loved anyone who could come into my life, in from the outside, and give me advice that could help me succeed. I believe that there are a lot of people who came into my life that made me Dikembe Mutombo.
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I believe in the Democratic party, and their philosophy and what they stand for - for the poor people.
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The goal, by 2015, is to prevent this catastrophe,
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It will have all the news from Africa. We have music. We have a couple of talk shows. We have tourists shows. We have history.
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It was mandatory in college that we had to wear a suit. I think it's kind of funny ? now we get the opportunity to make millions and millions of dollars and we're required to wear suits. Well, we were required to wear them in college when we made nothing.