“I'm so glad I didn't become a doctor, because I do more than any doctor can do. I am an administrator, a CEO, doctor, psychiatrist, an activist, a campaign funder. I think I did well.”
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“I'm so glad I didn't become a doctor, because I do more than any doctor can do. I am an administrator, a CEO, doctor, psychiatrist, an activist, a campaign funder. I think I did well.”
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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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“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 start...”
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“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 Repu...”
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“I've always had a passion for giving back. It's a family tradition that comes from my devout parents. They were always giving back and serving the community. So when I became fortunate enoug...”
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“I come from a large family, but I was not raised with a fortune. Something more was left me, and that was family values.”
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“It's easy to be a spokesman and ambassador for a great organization like the NBA. I thank Commissioner David Stern for putting that trust in me to serve the NBA around the globe.”
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“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.”
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“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 lo...”
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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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“My heroes always are mostly my parents - my father especially, and my mom, who's passed on already. My dad is a very strong man, and by him being educated, and a principal and school superin...”
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“Scores of Congolese die each day unnecessarily due to the lack of access to healthcare and modern medicine.”
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“If I had not played basketball and made the millions of dollars that I had made, I would never have been able to build a hospital in Congo. It started in 1997, and 10 years later I was able...”
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