Dikembe Mutombo Quotes

I'm just so blessed to be a Carolina Panther. I can't wait to grind every single day for that organization, team, fans and for everybody there. I'm blessed to be a Carolina Panther.

In 1948, I began coaching basketball at UCLA. Each hour of practice we worked very hard. Each day we worked very hard. Each week we worked very hard. Each season we worked very hard. Four fourteen years we worked very hard and didn't win a national championship. However, a national championship was won in the fifteenth year. Another in the sixteenth. And eight more in the following ten years.

Coaching is easy. Winning is the hard part.

I want to be an NBA all-star and help my team win. That's what it's all about, is winning. I'm a competitor... People said a lot about me being selfish and stuff like that. Getting into the league, I can't wait to shut that down. I'm a guy who wants to play and to win and love my teammates.

I know I'm the No. 1 quarterback for the Washington Redskins, and that's all that matters in my heart. That's all I wanted. I wanted a team that wanted me, and I found that.

I don't know if we are the best team in the world. I am lucky to be playing alongside some of the best players around. It's a dream.

Regardless of whether it is playing for your school team or playing for Manchester United, winning is great.

I have great memories of being a Cub, and I'm happy building new ones with the Phillies.

Everything I have, I owe to baseball and the Dodgers.

Don't believe those tales you hear about my being all-in. Wait until you see me in action for your team and then form your opinion of my worth to your team. I assure you that I am delighted to be a Pirate and that I will do my best to bring another pennant to the Smoky City.

I am very proud to be part of this team, and I know that winning with Ferrari will mean more than winning with another team.

When you get the shirt and a position in the team, you don't want to give it up.

Hopefully, I can keep scoring more goals, make more assists, break more records and help my team, which is the most important thing.

People realize that when you win, you obviously have some good players on your team.

Football is one of the main things I can look back on with pride.

I am with Palace, and you can see on the pitch that all I think about is the team doing well.

I work my tail off to make sure that our city, our fans, our team, our coaches can enjoy winning.

When I went up there it was with one goal was to win a championship. Obviously that didn't happen but I don't have one bad thing to say about my time in Boston.

I just want to be good, help my team-mates win the games, and score a lot of goals.

My goals all along were to win state and play in the McDonald's All-American game. I'm happy I was able to accomplish those things.

Talent is what wins games.

In football a championship team is never bought, it's built with time and patience.

Every minute I'm on the field, I'm out there playing for my team, and the success of our team is what is most important to me.

My ultimate dream is just to become world champion, and not only once. So that's my dream, and it doesn't matter with which team it is.

The game has been great to me. The Steelers have been great to me, and I think things will work out and take its toll. But I'm just singularly focused on being a great player, being here around the guys and my teammates, and representing my family.