They used to call me ‘Touchdown T.’ I remember in high school, we had homecoming, and I got in front of the pep rally, and I told them, ‘I’m going to run for three touchdowns.’ I ran for three touchdowns, kicked the extra point, and took myself out the game.
MR. TI listen to my mother, and that keeps me out of trouble. I’m a good son.
More Mr. T Quotes
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I use my celebrity status to inspire someone, to give them hope.
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I said I would never wear my gold again because it would be insensitive and disrespectful to all the people who died and lost everything in Katrina.
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When I’m ready to fight, my opponent has a better chance of surviving a forest fire wearing gasoline drawers.
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I pray to God. I don’t pray to the president, the governor, the mayor, no black caucus, no this and that. I pray to God, and that’s the end of it.
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I hold the door for the ladies – I’m a gent.
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I didn’t watch ‘The A-Team’ movie. I’m an artist. You can’t re-paint a Rembrandt. You can’t duplicate that; I don’t care who you get.
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Basically, I wear sandals, like Jesus. When it gets cold in Chicago, the snow way up to my knees, I still wear my sandals. But that’s me.
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To have a comeback, you have to have a setback.
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I wanted to talk about the apostles, the disciples and all that.
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Really, you don’t lose until you stop trying.
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I try to work out my mind more these days. I try to eat right. I don’t drink, I don’t smoke, and I take the skin off chicken. But I’m not on no special diet. I like my steak and potatoes, ice cream, doughnuts.
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My celebrity status allows me an opportunity, allows me a pulpit to preach and reach out to the people.
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Everybody loved ‘The A-Team’ because it was entertainment, pure and simple.
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I don’t mean to be cocky, but if I’m never on TV again.
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My mother is a strong, wonderful woman. I could never be anything she didn’t want me to be.
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