Don King Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Machiavelli taught me it was better to be feared than loved. Because if you are loved they sense you might be weak. I am a man of the people and help them but it is important to do so through strength.”

“You go for the quality of the performance, not the longevity of it.”

“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.”