Don King
Don King
Donald "Don" Kingis an American boxing promoter known for his involvement in historic boxing matchups. He has been a controversial figure, partly due to a manslaughter conviction, and civil cases against him...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSports Executive
Date of Birth20 August 1931
CityCleveland, OH
CountryUnited States of America
dark doubt golf great pride win
Without a doubt there is a lot of pride for them at this golf course. This is their turf. They've got a great golf course, and it's a dark day when they don't win here.
agreement deserve-you boxing
You sign an agreement; you make a contract, you live up to it. You never get what you deserve. You get what you negotiate. You got a right to say yay or nay.
taken boxing world
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.
practice white boxing
From the very beginning I used sound business practices in everything I did. White businessman uses them to make money he's a genius. Black businessman uses them he's a crook. That's the way it is.
kings america only-in-america
Only in America could a Don King happen.
boxing cease
I never cease to amaze myself. And I say this humbly
kings america ties
Who would you vote most likely to succeed? Bob Arum - White, Jewish, a graduate of Harvard, a Kennady Raider, United States Attorney. Don King - black, poor, out of the hard core getto of Cleveland, Ohio, numbers runner, a little confectionary dealer, ex-convict. Now who would you vote to succeed? It would be hands down........ Yet in this great land called America, I have out performed, outachieved, been more recognizable, did more, broke more records, and had more of a phenominal career, where Arum can't tie my shoe string. You understand?
ghetto men numbers
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.
kings america barack
Only in America can a Barack Obama happen. Only in America can a Don King happen.
kings boxing mountain
Martin Luther King took us to the mountain top: I want to take us to the bank
boxing credibility
His credibility is zilch, virtually nil.
night animal boxing
You know what animals exist in the desert. He's going to his indigenous natural habitat. What better place for night crawlers?
snow boxing pay
I'll pay them right after it snows in Panama. Let Eleta pay them if he feels so strongly about it.
boxing thanks fighter
Out of all the fighters that I have developed, clothed, financed, Gerrie Coetzee is the only one who had the decency to say 'thanks'.