Integrity, number one. Even in business that's predicated on lies I refuse to become part of the lies that is all-consuming.

Only in America can you find so many angry people claiming to love their country, while hating almost anyone in it.

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.

If you want to sell a steak, you can't just have the sizzle, you gotta have sauce.

Only in america will you see people circling the parking lot looking for a close space at a gym.

Only in America could a Don King happen.

Only in America can a Barack Obama happen. Only in America can a Don King happen.

I had a moment of religious epiphanosity.

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.

I never cease to amaze myself. And I say this humbly

I'm a promoter of the people for the people and by the people and my magic lies in my people ties.

Love sets you free the moment it arrests you.

If the cherry trees had to wait for understanding they'd never blossom.

The people who get what they’re after are very often the ones who just stick around long enough.

Jesus says that those who live by God's forgiveness must imitate it. A person whose only hope is that God will not hold his faults against him forfeits his right to hold others' faults against them.

I find that the creative side of my brain and the archival side of my brain don't work well together. When I've done my best work, I've been in a trance-like state.

To cultivate sympathy you must be among living creatures, and thinking about them; and to cultivate admiration, you must be among beautiful things and looking at them.

I've never looked at my career in terms of, What haven't I done that I want to do? I just generally find a story that I think is a good one and go to work

When the playful me shows up, I am ready to be a serious learner … a culture of playfulness is closely related to the capacity to learn.

Chess is like body-building. If you train every day, you stay in top shape. It is the same with your brain - chess is a matter of daily training.