Dikembe Mutombo Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“I believe in the Democratic party, and their philosophy and what they stand for - for the poor people.”

“I am not in politics. 'President Mutombo?' No, no, no. There has never been a politician in my family, and I am not going to try to be the first one.”

“My foundation was created so I can find a way to improve the living conditions of my people in the African continent, not just in Congo.”

“The NBA is becoming a global game.”

“Africa needs more funding to continue to fight all of those diseases. We are losing more than 1.3 million young children under the age of five every year because of malaria. We've already lost 25 million people to the pandemic of HIV-AIDS. More people are dying now from typhoid fever. Diabetes is on the rise.”

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

“I usually just speak in English when I'm on the basketball court. For some reason, my mind never even tried to cross any other language when I'm playing basketball.”

“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.”

“It's not easy to teach a child how to win.”

“My decision leaving the Nuggets was based on the organization not saying they had the cap room to sign me.”