Manute Bol

“God guided me to America and gave me a good job. But he also gave me a heart so I would look back.”

“It’s not good to be so tall. I have a lot of problems. I have to bend my head to get in the door.”

“I gave all my money for my country. I'm not a rich man now. I'm poor.”

“They don't know that I am a prince. I am a prince of my village. I am from the Dinka tribe.”

“If you are a good person, you will be a good player, and I have been a good person.”

“I want to do something for my country. I want to go back there and help them.”

“I was born in a village where you don't know when you were born. I mean, you don't have a birth certificate. You don't have nothing.”

“I killed a lion with a spear when I was 15.”

“People need to be educated about what is going on in Sudan.”

“My father was a chief. He had 40 wives and 80 children. I have 79 brothers and sisters.”