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.

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.

If your love never ends, you become a legend.

Failure is only a step towards success.

...mirages are things that aren't really there that you can see very clearly.""How do you see something that isn't there?"..."sometimes it's much simpler than seeing things that are"...

Your past doesn't dictate what your future will be.

Maturity is perseverance-the ability to sweat out a project or a situation, in spite of heavy opposition and discouraging setbacks, and stick with it until it is finished.

I think that I'm very old fashioned in terms of my film references and what appeals to me, in a way with camera moves and a depth of color to bring things to it.

I'm the empty stage where various actors act out various plays.

All idealism is falsehood in the face of necessity.

The Gateway to Christianity is not through an intricate labyrinth of dogma, but by a simple belief in the person of Christ.