:44:00
I'd like to call him the Messiah.
:44:02
(Mailer) 'This fight
came into existence
:44:05
'because of Don King's
desire to break out of the pack.
:44:09
'He was either going to become an
enormously prominent man, at least,
:44:14
'or go back to obscurity again
if it failed.'
:44:17
Oh, I'm so happy
to see you, my brothers.
:44:20
This is the Minister of Finance
of Zaire.
:44:23
Yes, I have met
the Minister of Finance. How are you?
:44:26
I appreciate your talent
and expertise.
:44:29
This is what it's all about.
I welcome you with love.
:44:33
We must deal with it as such,
but with love, not with hostility.
:44:37
You know, just but with love.
:44:39
Bravo, Mr King!
:44:41
My brother!
:44:43
(Mailer) 'King had
this huge air of welcome.
:44:46
'Rarely has anyone ever been welcomed
the way King could do it.'
:44:50
'A joy came off him.'
:44:52
I knew his reputation,
how he'd been in jail,
:44:55
how he was thoroughly untrustworthy
:44:58
but nonetheless
he made you feel good.
:45:00
Don't leave! I need your strength!
:45:03
He was startling looking.
:45:05
Writers found different ways
to describe this uprush of hair.
:45:09
Some would say that he'd stuck
his thumb into an electric socket.
:45:13
Falling through an elevator shaft.
:45:15
(Plimpton) 'The fight was postponed.
:45:17
'Don King turned up and it seemed
maybe the fight wouldn't happen.'
:45:22
Nothing as big as this
ever runs smoothly,
:45:24
anything worthwhile
is worth fighting for.
:45:27
If you think
about what Shakespeare said,
:45:30
"the sweet uses of adversity,
:45:32
"ugly and venomous like a toad yet
wears a precious jewel in his head."
:45:37
"Ugly and venomous like a toad
yet wears a precious jewel."
:45:41
How many fight promoters have tried
even one line of Shakespeare?
:45:44
I can relate to the denial
they are confronted with,
:45:48
the rat-infested hovels, sub-standard
tenements, overcrowded tenements.
:45:53
I've been a part of it.
I know about roaches and rats.
:45:57
When he started talkin' to me
:45:59
I can understand him
and he can understand me.