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Top 30 Dikembe Mutombo Quotes (2025 Update)

Dikembe Mutombo Quote: “When an elevator brings u upstairs, you better send it back down in order to bring others up!”

1. “When an elevator brings u upstairs, you better send it back down in order to bring others up!”

— Dikembe Mutombo

Dikembe Mutombo Quote: “God put us here to prepare this place for the next generation. That’s our job. Raising children and helping the community, that’s preparing for the next generation.”

2. “God put us here to prepare this place for the next generation. That’s our job. Raising children and helping the community, that’s preparing for the next generation.”

— Dikembe Mutombo

Dikembe Mutombo Quote: “Food – there’s no greater gift...”

3. “Food – there’s no greater gift...”

— Dikembe Mutombo

Dikembe Mutombo Quote: “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.”

4. “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.”

— Dikembe Mutombo

Dikembe Mutombo Quote: “It took a long time for me to walk. I was falling down all the time. But I ended up being one of the dangerous men, who broke so many people’s noses, which is bad.”

5. “It took a long time for me to walk. I was falling down all the time. But I ended up being one of the dangerous men, who broke so many people’s noses, which is bad.”

— Dikembe Mutombo

Dikembe Mutombo Quote: “24,000 people, 18,000 of them children, die every day because of hunger. Each year we bring food to nearly 90 million people in more than 80 countries. Food – there’s no greater gift, and no better way to give it than the World Food Programme.”

6. “24,000 people, 18,000 of them children, die every day because of hunger. Each year we bring food to nearly 90 million people in more than 80 countries. Food – there’s no greater gift, and no better way to give it than the World Food Programme.”

— Dikembe Mutombo

Dikembe Mutombo Quote: “I’m so glad I didn’t become a doctor, because I do more than any doctor can do. I am an administrator, a CEO, doctor, psychiatrist, an activist, a campaign funder. I think I did well.”

7. “I’m so glad I didn’t become a doctor, because I do more than any doctor can do. I am an administrator, a CEO, doctor, psychiatrist, an activist, a campaign funder. I think I did well.”

— Dikembe Mutombo

Dikembe Mutombo Quote: “It’s not easy to teach a child how to win.”

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

— Dikembe Mutombo

Dikembe Mutombo Quote: “My heroes always are mostly my parents – my father especially, and my mom, who’s passed on already. My dad is a very strong man, and by him being educated, and a principal and school superintendent over 37 years, he plays such a big role in my life.”

9. “My heroes always are mostly my parents – my father especially, and my mom, who’s passed on already. My dad is a very strong man, and by him being educated, and a principal and school superintendent over 37 years, he plays such a big role in my life.”

— Dikembe Mutombo

Dikembe Mutombo Quote: “When you take the elevator to the top, please remember to send it back down so someone else might use it.”

10. “When you take the elevator to the top, please remember to send it back down so someone else might use it.”

— Dikembe Mutombo

Dikembe Mutombo Quote: “When I was born, my dad and my mom gave me names, but in Africa, when your child is born, especially close family members can suggest names they want to add on.”

11. “When I was born, my dad and my mom gave me names, but in Africa, when your child is born, especially close family members can suggest names they want to add on.”

— Dikembe Mutombo

Dikembe Mutombo Quote: “I come from a large family, but I was not raised with a fortune. Something more was left me, and that was family values.”

12. “I come from a large family, but I was not raised with a fortune. Something more was left me, and that was family values.”

— Dikembe Mutombo

Dikembe Mutombo Quote: “I cannot forget the place that I come from. The Congo is much in need.”

13. “I cannot forget the place that I come from. The Congo is much in need.”

— Dikembe Mutombo

Dikembe Mutombo Quote: “I don’t think God said we should all be soft. My job is to compete, and the best prevails. I will continue to play, and that’s the way I’m succeeding in my life. If I hit you by mistake, all I can say is ‘I’m sorry,’ and I keep moving on.”

14. “I don’t think God said we should all be soft. My job is to compete, and the best prevails. I will continue to play, and that’s the way I’m succeeding in my life. If I hit you by mistake, all I can say is ‘I’m sorry,’ and I keep moving on.”

— Dikembe Mutombo

Dikembe Mutombo Quote: “I’ve always felt obligated to help those less fortunate than me. It’s an obligation that anyone who has a chance to be in the NBA should feel and act upon.”

15. “I’ve always felt obligated to help those less fortunate than me. It’s an obligation that anyone who has a chance to be in the NBA should feel and act upon.”

— Dikembe Mutombo

Dikembe Mutombo Quote: “My favorite memory is my five years with the Nuggets. From my first day to my last day is a great memory. There wasn’t a year that I was a Nugget that I didn’t think we succeeded.”

16. “My favorite memory is my five years with the Nuggets. From my first day to my last day is a great memory. There wasn’t a year that I was a Nugget that I didn’t think we succeeded.”

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Dikembe Mutombo Quote: “There are people out there dying every day, so when you wake up, you just have to thank the Man Upstairs for another day on this planet. There’s not much else we can ask for.”

17. “There are people out there dying every day, so when you wake up, you just have to thank the Man Upstairs for another day on this planet. There’s not much else we can ask for.”

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Dikembe Mutombo Quote: “It’s easy to be a spokesman and ambassador for a great organization like the NBA. I thank Commissioner David Stern for putting that trust in me to serve the NBA around the globe.”

18. “It’s easy to be a spokesman and ambassador for a great organization like the NBA. I thank Commissioner David Stern for putting that trust in me to serve the NBA around the globe.”

— Dikembe Mutombo

Dikembe Mutombo Quote: “I believe in the Democratic party, and their philosophy and what they stand for – for the poor people.”

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

— Dikembe Mutombo

Dikembe Mutombo Quote: “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.”

20. “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.”

— Dikembe Mutombo

Dikembe Mutombo Quote: “I was not very strong growing up, and my uncle used to look at me, like, This kid is not growing up, he is growing tall but he can be broken like a banana.”

21. “I was not very strong growing up, and my uncle used to look at me, like, This kid is not growing up, he is growing tall but he can be broken like a banana.”

— Dikembe Mutombo

Dikembe Mutombo Quote: “I remember when I came into the NBA, eighteen years ago, there were maybe nine to twelve international players playing in the NBA. Today we’ve got more than 85, so that tells you how our game has grown at that level.”

22. “I remember when I came into the NBA, eighteen years ago, there were maybe nine to twelve international players playing in the NBA. Today we’ve got more than 85, so that tells you how our game has grown at that level.”

— Dikembe Mutombo

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

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

— Dikembe Mutombo

Dikembe Mutombo Quote: “After spending more than 17 years playing for the NBA, in the summertime, I always came back to community service and different basketball clinics.”

24. “After spending more than 17 years playing for the NBA, in the summertime, I always came back to community service and different basketball clinics.”

— Dikembe Mutombo

Dikembe Mutombo Quote: “Me as a backup center? Hell no.”

25. “Me as a backup center? Hell no.”

— Dikembe Mutombo

Dikembe Mutombo Quote: “Scores of Congolese die each day unnecessarily due to the lack of access to healthcare and modern medicine.”

26. “Scores of Congolese die each day unnecessarily due to the lack of access to healthcare and modern medicine.”

— Dikembe Mutombo

Dikembe Mutombo Quote: “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.”

27. “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.”

— Dikembe Mutombo

Dikembe Mutombo Quote: “The NBA is becoming a global game.”

28. “The NBA is becoming a global game.”

— Dikembe Mutombo

Dikembe Mutombo Quote: “I know the president is quick. I have friends who played with him during the campaign; they say he’s very good. I told the president that whenever the next pickup game is, I’ll get on the plane to Washington – but sometimes they play so early in the morning.”

29. “I know the president is quick. I have friends who played with him during the campaign; they say he’s very good. I told the president that whenever the next pickup game is, I’ll get on the plane to Washington – but sometimes they play so early in the morning.”

— Dikembe Mutombo

Dikembe Mutombo Quote: “As a matter of fact I’ve been asked to come when I’m free to play at the White House.”

30. “As a matter of fact I’ve been asked to come when I’m free to play at the White House.”

— Dikembe Mutombo

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