55 Quotes by Bob Arum

You have two of the best lightweights in the world fighting each other. Either one of these two could very well be in the main event, or fighting for a world title very soon. Because both are that good, we can only expect a great fight between them.

What was supposed to happen was that Bobby Kennedy was going to become the secretary of state, Morgenthau was going to be the attorney general and I was going to move to Washington and become head of the tax division. If Oswald had missed, I'd probably be a judge somewhere now.

The public knows this will be a great fight.

There had never been a black guy up to that point who had been a television commentator in the U.S., so I suggested he hire a black guy to do the TV. He thought it was a great idea, so we tried to get Willie Mays.

Erik has to make that decision (whether to fight again). I'm not in favor of it or ... (opposed to) it. It's his call to make, not mine.

The one criticism I have about Don is that he doesn't have any restraint. You make a buck, but it doesn't have to be your last buck.

A lot of times, we'll be promoting a big event and someone on my staff gets nervous and I just laugh at them. Nothing -- trust me, there is no way -- that anything will ever be as tough as that. Everything has been easy since that one.

They're out of their minds. Who do they think they are? This is totally inappropriate. What they've done highlights the fact they're an organization that has absolutely no credibility.

It's a disaster ready to happen again. Why is HBO doing this? Is money so important, or are these guys who are the big names so important?