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1. "I believe in the Democratic party, and their philosophy and what they stand for - for the poor people." ~ Dikembe Mutombo

2. "I cannot forget the place that I come from. The Congo is much in need." ~ Dikembe Mutombo

3. "I come from a large family, but I was not raised with a fortune. Something more was left me, and that was family values." ~ Dikembe Mutombo

4. "It's not easy to teach a child how to win." ~ Dikembe Mutombo

5. "My decision leaving the Nuggets was based on the organization not saying they had the cap room to sign me." ~ Dikembe Mutombo

6. "My foundation was created so I can find a way to improve the living conditions of my people in the African continent, not just in Congo." ~ Dikembe Mutombo

7. "People wonder why I love Africa so much. I say this is where I was born and raised. My roots are in Africa; that's were I developed." ~ Dikembe Mutombo

8. "Scores of Congolese die each day unnecessarily due to the lack of access to healthcare and modern medicine." ~ Dikembe Mutombo

9. "The NBA is becoming a global game." ~ Dikembe Mutombo

10. "When I go to China, people call me 'Uncle Mo' because they refer me as Yao Ming's uncle. I'm pleased to be his uncle as long as he listens to me!" ~ Dikembe Mutombo

11. "Africa needs more funding to continue to fight all of those diseases. We are losing more than 1.3 million young children under the age of five every year because of malaria. We've already lost 25 million people to the pandemic of HIV-AIDS. More people are dying now from typhoid fever. Diabetes is on the rise." ~ Dikembe Mutombo

12. "After I made it to the NBA, I said that I didn't want to be the last player from Africa. After my rookie year, I went to the league and talked about this, and they embraced my idea and started conducting basketball clinics in Africa, and that's when I knew I wouldn't be the last African." ~ Dikembe Mutombo

13. "At the end of my journey, I see myself as a Rocket. That's where I ended my career, and also the organization that did so much for me. They knew I had a vision, and I went to work for the owner, who's a man who believes in philanthropy and believed in me as a player." ~ Dikembe Mutombo

14. "Basketball Without Borders is a leadership camp that takes basketball to different places around the world, to Africa, Europe, America and Asia. It's a camp that brings players from different parts of the continent to one city that's been assigned as the host city. We've been going to a different city every year." ~ Dikembe Mutombo

15. "I created the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation back in 1997 for the purpose of going in and improving the living conditions of my people on the African continent, especially in the Democratic Republic of Congo where I came from. Out first mission was to go and build a new hospital. Our next mission was to build a school." ~ Dikembe Mutombo

16. "I don't think God said we should all be soft. My job is to compete, and the best prevails. I will continue to play, and that's the way I'm succeeding in my life. If I hit you by mistake, all I can say is 'I'm sorry,' and I keep moving on." ~ Dikembe Mutombo

17. "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." ~ Dikembe Mutombo

18. "After spending more than 17 years playing for the NBA, in the summertime, I always came back to community service and different basketball clinics." ~ Dikembe Mutombo

19. "Every day, the sun comes out and the sky's always blue. That's what I miss about Denver." ~ Dikembe Mutombo

20. "I am not in politics. 'President Mutombo?' No, no, no. There has never been a politician in my family, and I am not going to try to be the first one." ~ Dikembe Mutombo

21. "I was not very strong growing up, and my uncle used to look at me, like, 'This kid is not growing up, he is growing tall but he can be broken like a banana.' The banana in Congo is called 'Dikembe.' So my uncle start calling me, 'Dikembe, Dikembe, look at you Dikembe, you cannot even stand up.' It took a long time for me to walk." ~ Dikembe Mutombo

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