Quotes by Don King

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.

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

Against the odd’s, I have persevered, I am the living attestation of the American dream. I am the extolment of this great nation. I have coffee and cocktails with presidents and dictators. I’m an international figure, a citizen of the world. I’ve made it.

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

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.

Integrity, number one. Even in business that’s predicated on lies I refuse to become part of the lies that is all-consuming.

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

I don’t promote boxing, I promote people. Boxing is a catalyst to bring people together.

I’ll pay them right after it snows in Panama. Let Eleta pay them if he feels so strongly about it.

I’ve whipped the Harvard graduate’s ass. Nothing against Harvard – it’s a hell of a school – but there I was, twenty five yards behind, wrapped in leg irons, and I beat him.