Duane Chapman

“I've always taken pride to be the white guy that can talk to the black people, that can refer to them truly as a brother from a different mother.”

“When I was a child I liked watching shows about bounty hunters and Canadian Mounties. I liked the 'Lone Ranger,' I liked shows where the guy saved the girl from the villain. I just liked those kinds of things and I wanted to be a guy like that, you know, that would save the damsel in distress.”

“I'm going to be Dog, and I'm going to be an entertainer. And I'm going to make mistakes.”

“You can't be afraid to put out a fire if you're a fireman. You can't be afraid to be a police officer and carry a gun if you're afraid to get up and go out there. So you've got to put that fear to the side and go out in faith to overcome that.”

“I'm very emotional. That's why I wear shades a lot.”

“I have the utmost respect and 'aloha' for black people - who have already suffered so much due to racial discrimination and acts of hatred.”

“I've been a biker, I've been a convict, I've been a husband, father, and son.”

“I'm Native American, so it's in my blood to always want brothers and friends. I'm a good brotherhood guy.”

“Six men can carry you or 12 men can judge you. You decide!”

“As a bounty hunter, I have to dress the part. If I came to the door and looked like Carrot Top, you'd laugh.”

“My father is the reason I am the way I am today. He's why I acted up and he's why I prayed to be the opposite of him. We made up before he died but I vowed to never raise my kids like how he raised me.”

“When someone is looking down, they're saying no. When they're looking up, they're looking to their brain for memory. When they look to the left, they're looking for a lie or something they memorized. When they look to the right, they're feeling sorry - they don't want to answer.”

“It's just like being a father; you got to show them love and you got to show them the path. I don't like this role-model stuff, though.”

“Born on a mountain, raised in a cave. Arresting fugitives is all I crave.”

“And I used to say, 'I'm black, too.' In other words, I - my whole life I've been called a half-breed, a convict, king of the trailer trash, this and that. I take that and stand.”

“In Hawaii, we have something called Ho'oponopono, where people come together to resolve crises and restore peace and balance.”

“Everybody's under God's planet, and God is the Almighty, the Beginning, the End, the Alpha, the Omega. He's Big Daddy. He gives out these little soldiers and sons and angels and saints to help everybody else get through to him. I'm not the 'Jesus-only or you're going to Hell' kind of guy.”

“I'm marrying my common-law wife, Beth, the Christian way, with a preacher and all that.”

“I was in prison for a charge in Texas, murder one. Back in the '70s in Texas, I was there. I heard the shot. I was in the car.”

“The closest thing to hell on earth is prison. It's the worst experience I've ever had in my life. Besides death.”