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
people
He worked for the day when all people would be clothed in dignity.
god hair home knew lie next night popping pull righteous stay telling
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.
life love turning
There's nothing I love more in life than turning around a bigot.
accept amaze cease earthly found god quite ready time touches transcend whatever
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.
cant career magic people
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.
love
You can't rule the world, but what you can do is win the world with love and understanding.
beat bob good likely love
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.
commit holding
When they commit to doing something, they commit. There's no holding back.
fame gained
gained his fame not by winning, but by losing.
backwards blinding great hand mark punch speed true
He has blinding hand speed and great dexterity. He can punch going forwards and backwards which is the mark of a true champion. There's no one like him in the world today.
fight hand moves pro second speed
He has all the confidence. He moves like a pro in only his second fight and he had hand speed that's just terrific.
chasing fighter man matter third unheard
Mayweather should have been disqualified. The fighter had a third man in the ring. That is unheard of. The third man was chasing my fighter around. No matter how you look at it the fighter is disqualified.
people slowness
Many people are criticizing the slowness of the process,
close generates generating mike million prior tyson
Prior to Mike Tyson, we were generating close to $100 million a year. Now, Mike Tyson generates $100 million a fight.