Quotes by Dikembe Mutombo

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

“I just told [Falk] to get the deal done,”

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

“Not in my neighborhood, Mr. Robinson.”

“It was mandatory in college that we had to wear a suit. I think its kind of funny ? now we get the opportunity to make millions and millions of dollars and were required to wear suits. Well, we were required to wear them in college when we made nothing.”

“Everyone gets their shoes made at that place.”

“Nobodys happy. We came out [of the film room] disappointed to let something like that happen to our friend. Were in a war now and they just shot one of us down.”

I dont think God said we should all be soft. My job is to compete, and the best prevails. I will continue to play, and thats the way Im succeeding in my life. If I hit you by mistake, all I can say is Im sorry, and I keep moving on.

God put us here to prepare this place for the next generation. Thats our job. Raising children and helping the community, thats preparing for the next generation.

Basketball Without Borders is a leadership camp that takes basketball to different places around the world, to Africa, Europe, America and Asia. Its a camp that brings players from different parts of the continent to one city thats been assigned as the host city. Weve been going to a different city every year.

The doctors and nurses at the Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital are saving lives every day and helping improve health care in the DRC which has been ravaged by more than a decade of war and disease.

The Almighty has plans for us to make a place so we can go on and make a difference. It all has to do with my faith; I am deeply religious. It goes back to my roots, to my mom and my dad.