Don King Quotes

So don't applaud. Just send me the check.

Long made it possible for me to get on records, so what little money he did take from me, if any at all, he was entitled to it. He didn't take something from me.

No collection without compensation.

You don't think we should do things for them people for nothin?' ... You don't think they expect to get it for nothin', do you? What's fair is fair, you know.

I've been shocked for a long time in a lot of circumstances. I get shocked when they say, 'Hey, we're paying ya.'

If you've got a corporation, and you throw out one of the founding partners that is responsible in part for making the organization what it is today, you have to compensate that person. You have to come to a settlement.

If you want someone to pay you - the highest paid receiver in the history of the game - damn act like it.

Something in your voice tells me we approach the question of remuneration.

There's no art where there's no fee.

I expect to get paid if I do something.

You put a wage behind something, it gives the act a sort of respectability.

In the words of the philosopher Sceptum, the founder of my profession: am I going to get paid for this?

Pay me for my work, but I don't do it for the money.

I got £30 for my first gig, cash in hand.

The more you win, the more you get paid. I'm not trying to get paid less money. I've worked too hard to get into this tax bracket.

As the fighter, you're the one getting in the ring, you're the one risking injuries, you're the one risking your life - not only on the day of the fight, but in training camp. You're getting punched, you're training, you're sparring. You have to make sure that it's worth the risk - the compensation, the terms, the fights that you want.

There's no such thing as overpaid.

I make a lot of money, but I need to be treated right.

I'm just here to show up and fight and then get my money and go home.

And if I don't sing, I don't get paid.

If I inspire you, pay for it, period.

In an ideal world, no one should get something for nothing.

Think about it: What the busybodies are saying is that third parties like themselves -- who are paying nothing to anybody -- should be determining how much somebody else should be paying those who work for them.

I define power as control over one's life. Pay is not about power. Pay is about giving up power to get the power of pay.

I've come to give you your gift back, Mordeth," Cauthon whispered. "I consider our debt paid in full.