Dikembe Mutombo
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"Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean-Jacques Wamutombo", commonly referred to as "Dikembe Mutombo", is a Congolese American retired professional basketball player who last played for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association/NBA. Outside basketball, he has become known for his humanitarian work.

The , center (basketball)/center who began his career with the Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball/Georgetown Hoyas is commonly referred to as one of the greatest block (basketball)/shot blockers and defensive players of all time, winning the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award four times; he was also an eight-time NBA All-Star/All-Star. On January 10, 2007, he surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the league's second most prolific shot blocker in NBA history, behind only Hakeem Olajuwon. In the second game of the first round of the 2009 NBA playoffs, Mutombo suffered a knee injury that kept him out for the remainder of the postseason. Soon after the injury, Mutombo announced he had played his last game in the NBA.

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Everyone gets their shoes made at that place.

Nobody's happy. We came out [of the film room] disappointed to let something like that happen to our friend. We're in a war now and they just shot one of us down.

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.

The purpose [of the hospital] is to improve the health care and living conditions of my people.

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.

I think I made the best decision for myself, my wife and my kids. Hopefully I will play two years and hang up my jersey.

I just told [Falk] to get the deal done.

Not in my neighborhood, Mr. Robinson.

My visit has been great, ... I got a chance to learn a lot from the faculty.