Don King Quotes (27 Quotes)


    Martin Luther King took us to the mountain top: I want to take us to the bank.

    The judge in Nicaragua let him leave that country to fight in America, and that's what we plan to do.

    Mayweather should have been disqualified. The fighter had a third man in the ring. That is unheard of. The third man was chasing my fighter around. No matter how you look at it the fighter is disqualified.

    I can't believe that having said what I said was interpreted as having been what I said when I said it, because I said it where I said it, when I said it, and who I said it to.

    Comedian Colin Quinn said that having grown up in Cleveland, Ohio, King's subsequent prison term was upward mobility. ... look like the three stages of a forest fire.


    Without a doubt there is a lot of pride for them at this golf course. This is their turf. They've got a great golf course, and it's a dark day when they don't win here.

    I'm a promoter of the people for the people and by the people and my magic lies in my people ties. I'm a promoter of America. I'm American people. You know what I mean? So therefore, uh, do not send for who the bell tolls 'cause the bell tolls for thee.

    This is so exciting because we were talking about it during dinner. We thought it was possible for him to win it but we didn't want to put any pressure on him.

    The truth of this tragedy is that we have pockets of poverty in the most powerful and affluent nation in the world. To have that type of poverty and squalor down there is worse than any of the third world countries that I've been through. What God has done is exposed us. He exposed a third world country within our country. Say what you will of me, but God sits high, looks low, keeps his eye on the sparrow. He has shown us that we have so much money and so much power to go around the world and solve other peoples' problems but we can't solve our own problems. God has brought that all out tonight.

    This is all big business, you know what I mean This is generating hundreds of millions of dollars of business.

    I am proud to be an American, I love my country and I love my troops. I want to do everything I can to lift them up in their hour of need but I cannot do it without the blessing of our commander in chief.

    Barberton's recent win over Wadsworth was the first time Wadsworth has lost a league dual meet since 1998. We're hoping for a chance at second or third place. We would be happy to be up in that area.

    I can't believe what I said about myself. What I said in my own private conversations with myself to an ESPN producer are my business, and I had no business saying them to someone else.

    If a bullfrog had wings it wouldn't bump his behind every time he hopped.

    It's so great and an unexpected pleasure to see Fred after all of these years, ... He was a miracle worker in 1974 and he's still at it over 30 years later.

    Mike Tyson has been given every penny he has coming.

    We will just be a door-opener to 2008 when we bring the Olympics here to the great city of Beijing and the great People's Republic of China,

    It ain't about if he knocks a guy out. It's about how he knocks a guy out. It's the style, the improvisation.

    The Dies tournament is always hard. We look forward to it every year from a competitive level. This is one of the biggest highlights of our season. This tournament has excellent tradition.

    We're here to make sure people of all colors realize that boxing is in the ascendancy, and these two fighters are driving the rocket.

    America is the greatest country in the world-I love America. What I've accomplished could not have been done anywhere else.

    He has blinding hand speed and great dexterity. He can punch going forwards and backwards which is the mark of a true champion. There's no one like him in the world today.

    If you cast your bread upon the water and you have faith, you'll get back cash. If you don't have faith, you'll get soggy bread.

    Everything, but the Lindbergh baby.

    He worked for the day when all people would be clothed in dignity.

    You go for the quality of the performance, not the longevity of it.

    We have insurance for the damage and for the interruption of business,


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