Don King
Don King
Donald "Don" Kingis an American boxing promoter known for his involvement in historic boxing matchups. He has been a controversial figure, partly due to a manslaughter conviction, and civil cases against him...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSports Executive
Date of Birth20 August 1931
CityCleveland, OH
CountryUnited States of America
thinking boxing stills
You ever stop to think they can't rob you of knowledge? They can strip you and you've still got it.
practice white boxing
From the very beginning I used sound business practices in everything I did. White businessman uses them to make money he's a genius. Black businessman uses them he's a crook. That's the way it is.
mother children evil
Hypocrisy is the mother of all evil and racial prejudice is still her favourite child.
water cash have-faith
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.
quality longevity performances
You go for the quality of the performance, not the longevity of it.
kings america only-in-america
Only in America could a Don King happen.
mean white pounds
She's (Christy Martin) voluptuous and intoxicating no smear lipstick. Here's a woman who pounds it out and her lipstick don't smear. Revlon should jump on that like white on rice, you know what I mean? Max Factor, Elizabeth Arden.
funny wings boxing
If a bullfrog had wings it wouldn't bump his behind every time he hopped.
taken boxing world
I'm the best promoter in the world because I haven't taken a day off work since I left the penitentiary, and because I have read all the great philosophers like St. Thomas Aquinine.
religious boxing moments
I had a moment of religious epiphanosity.
kings america barack
Only in America can a Barack Obama happen. Only in America can a Don King happen.
lying ties boxing
I'm a promoter of the people for the people and by the people and my magic lies in my people ties.
country hate america
Only in America can you find so many angry people claiming to love their country, while hating almost anyone in it.
lying boxing confusing
When we started, it was based on lies. It's changing now. There are no secrets in the business. You've got to come with the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. It's becoming very confusing.