Quotes from Don King

Only in America can a Barack Obama happen. Only in America can a Don King happen.

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.

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

There's nothing I love more in life than turning around a bigot.

Mike Tyson has been given every penny he has coming.

Mike Tyson was one of the most terrific athletes I've ever met.

Man O' War was a great racehorse, but if I put a extra 20 pounds on him they would say I was cruel to the animal. So don't ask me to do that to Chavez.

I dare to be great. The man without imagination stands unhurt and hath no wings. This is my credo, this is my forte.

I am a product of a rat and roach infested black ghetto. It is easy for me to rationalize my dealings as a numbers man. I'll defend men today who are involved in it.

Reality show? You can't find anything better than boxing because of the trials and errors, the ups and downs, the struggle when you get knocked down to get back up. Use it symbolically and interchangeably for life.

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.

I would never know how good I was if I didn't have Bob Arum. Bob Arum is white, Jewish; He was working for prosecutor's office. I'm black, an ex-convict, ex-number runner. Who would be most likely to succeed? It would be Bob 100-1. Yet I beat Bob on everything we ever done, with love.

I'm an ardent American Football fan.

I will fight for America until the day I drop.

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.

Forgiveness is a beautiful thing. That's why I forgive Reince Priebus, that little Greek rascal.

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