Dikembe Mutombo
Philadelphia 76ers, Atlanta Hawks

Center

7 feet 2 inches

Georgetown University

NBA Defensive Player of the Year in 1995, 1997, 1998

I've always considered Jesus as my Savior.

There's no one in my life like Jesus the Son of God who died on the cross for our sins. So anything I do is because of Him. Everyday when I get up in the morning, I give thanks to Him for giving me the strength and the courage to wake up again and to have another day in my life. So everyday, as it goes by, I have to thank Him and ask Him for the blessing to see another day.

I think that struggle is part of being a man. When we're born, we struggle by learning how to walk, by learning how to eat. We struggle by learning how to dress ourselves. But I think that something that helps us in our life, in our struggles is having faith. If you have faith, there is nothing that can disturb you.

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To The Next Level - 2001 Reprinted with permission.