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

Don King

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Don King
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: August 20
Actor
Boxing Promoter
Entrepreneur
Record Producer
Cleveland
Ohio
Donald King
Together
People
Catalyst
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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.
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I never cease to amaze myself. And I say this humbly
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I've whipped the Harvard graduate's ass. Nothing against Harvard - it's a hell of a school - but there I was, twenty five yards behind, wrapped in leg irons, and I beat him.
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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.
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Only in america will you see people circling the parking lot looking for a close space at a gym.
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Bernard Hopkins' accomplishments and achievements are far beyond that of the norm.
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When I came into boxing, when it was more out of control, no fighters got an opportunity to fight. I came in: everybody got an opportunity to make a living in America.
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If a bullfrog had wings it wouldn't bump his behind every time he hopped.
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Integrity, number one. Even in business that's predicated on lies I refuse to become part of the lies that is all-consuming.
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I'm a promoter of the people for the people and by the people and my magic lies in my people ties.
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You go for the quality of the performance, not the longevity of it.
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If Trump were a boxer, he'd be Muhammad Ali. Because he's going to win. He's going to run his mouth, he's going to talk a lot and he's going to win. And you ain't going to know which way he's going. You had the Louisville Lip, he'd be the New York Lip!
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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.
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People are my most important asset. Faith in the supreme being, trust, credibility and performance are the things that have brought me to the top.
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Man O' War was a great racehorse, but if I put a extra 20 pounds on him they would say I was cruel to the animal. So don't ask me to do that to Chavez.
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Michael seems to have lost his values temporarily. He just has to be worked with, disciplined and talked to and given some tender loving care and understanding.
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You don't get nothing from sleep but a dream.
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When you lose the title, that doesn't mean you lose the contract to what you had. Just like when you win the title, it doesn't mean you win brains, PhDs and MAs.
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I'll pay them right after it snows in Panama. Let Eleta pay them if he feels so strongly about it.
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Muhammad Ali - he was a magnificent fighter and he was an icon... Every head must bow, every knee must bend, every tongue must confess, thou art the greatest, the greatest of all time, Muhammad, Muhammad Ali.
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