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Mike Tyson was one of the most terrific athletes I've ever met.

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Don King
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: August 20
Actor
Boxing Promoter
Entrepreneur
Record Producer
Cleveland
Ohio
Donald King
Athlete
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Tyson
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Mike
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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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Bernard Hopkins' accomplishments and achievements are far beyond that of the norm.
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I don't promote boxing, I promote people. Boxing is a catalyst to bring people together.
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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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Forgiveness is a beautiful thing. That's why I forgive Reince Priebus, that little Greek rascal.
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I tell Donald Trump that the establishment will tell their lies. They will try to keep him down. I tell him, 'Now Mr. Trump, they're treating you like a black man.' I say, 'Mr. President, you know what it's like to be a black man. No matter what you say or do, you are guilty as hell.'
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You don't get nothing from sleep but a dream.
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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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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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I will fight for America till the day I drop.
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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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I can't believe what I said about myself. What I said in my own private conversations with myself to an ESPN producer are my business, and I had no business saying them to someone else.
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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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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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You go for the quality of the performance, not the longevity of 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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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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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.
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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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If a bullfrog had wings it wouldn't bump his behind every time he hopped.
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