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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.

Don King

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Don King
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: August 20
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If a bullfrog had wings it wouldn't bump his behind every time he hopped.
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When we started, it was based on lies. It's changing now. There are no secrets in the business. You've got to come with the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. It's becoming very confusing.
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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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I don't promote boxing, I promote people. Boxing is a catalyst to bring people together.
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I dare to be great. The man without imagination stands unhurt and hath no wings. This is my credo, this is my forte.
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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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Bernard Hopkins' accomplishments and achievements are far beyond that of the norm.
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America is the greatest country in the world - I love America. What I've accomplished could not have been done anywhere else.
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I will fight for America till the day I drop.
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Don King is a damn sleezebag. King is nothing but a strong-arm man. He has taken his gangsterism and put it into boxing.
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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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They went down the list of every known charge conceivable to man - rackeering, skimming, kickback, ticket scalping. fixing fights, preordaining fights, vitaiting officials, corrupting judges, all the way down to laundering money. Everything but the Lindbergh baby.
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You go for the quality of the performance, not the longevity of it.
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Forgiveness is a beautiful thing. That's why I forgive Reince Priebus, that little Greek rascal.
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You don't get nothing from sleep but a dream.
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Don't worry about appeasing the establishment. Don't acquiesce to an alleged power. Be with the people, not the establishment. The guy that's sitting next to you, that's who you got to beware. Judas was sitting right next to Jesus.
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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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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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If he says he has the pizzazz and the sizzle, I have the steak, and substance. I've made more money than he's made. I've made bigger deals than he's made, when he's got the complexion to get the protection.
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