I cannot forget the place that I come from. The Congo is much in need.

Me as a backup center? Hell no.

Scores of Congolese die each day unnecessarily due to the lack of access to healthcare and modern medicine.

The NBA is becoming a global game.

There are people out there dying every day, so when you wake up, you just have to thank the Man Upstairs for another day on this planet. There's not much else we can ask for.

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. Our first mission was to go and build a new hospital. Our next mission was to build a school.

I cannot forget the place that I come from. The Congo is much in need.