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.

Food - there's no greater gift.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

Me as a backup center? Hell no.

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 idea that we can be exactly what the other desires is a powerful fantasy.

Biology, it's the technology which builds our world, and we can harness it to shift humanity from a scarcity to an abundance economy.

For there to be true maturity, people must be given room to grow, which includes room to fail.

My favorite room in the house is the living room. We have two big couches, six recliners and over 20 pillows. It's a really comfortable place to hang out with my family.

I'm not condemning the Catholic Church - it's too big, it's like condemning a nation and that would be prejudiced.

There can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt.

Is the story developing an attitude or victimized by it.

I went to Queen's University Belfast and stayed nine months, then I ran away to be an actor.

If you have infinite patience and perseverance, success is bound to come. No mistake in that.

A maiden hath no tongue--but thought.