Don King

“Hypocrisy is the mother of all evil and racial prejudice is still her favourite child.”

“James Brown died owing me $50,000. But I loved James Brown.”

“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.”

“All of my fighters should get down on their knees and thank me for what I've done for them.”

“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.”

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

“I will fight for America until the day I drop.”

“Mike Tyson has been given every penny he has coming.”

“You can't rule the world, but what you can do is win the world with love and understanding.”

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

“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.”

“You can be the greatest guy in the world but if you ain't got no heart, you ain't gonna survive.”

“I transcend earthly bounds. I never cease to amaze myself because I haven't yet found my limits. I am quite ready to accept the limits of what I can do, but every time I feel that way - boom! - God touches me and I do something that's even more stupendous than whatever I've done up to then.”

“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.”

“I don't promote boxing, I promote people. Boxing is a catalyst to bring people together.”

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

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

“My career is one of people involvement. I'm a promoter of the people, by the people, for the people. My magic lies, my people ties, this is what I want to do. I'm in it to win, I cant give in, I can't give up and I cant quit. Victory is mine. Working together works.”

“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.”

“My hair is God's aura. Everything went up when I got home from the penitentiary. One night I went to lie down next to my wife, and my hair started popping and uncurling all on its own - ping, ping, ping, ping! I knew that it was God telling me to stay on the righteous path so he could one day pull me up to be there with him.”