I try to motivate people. I try to inspire them.
MR. TThey 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.
More Mr. T Quotes
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Reading is the key to knowledge. Knowledge is the key to understanding. So read on, young man! Read on, young lady!
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I get up every morning and say, ‘Father, give me strength today, not strength so I can lift 500 pounds, but give me strength.
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I’m a bold Christian, not a scaredy-cat Christian.
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I’m tender on the inside.
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To be a bodyguard is to be a kamikaze pilot. Dedicated.
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If you look at my job, my union card, it says ‘actor.’ It don’t say nothing about celebrity, movie star, nothing like that, and that’s one thing that keeps me humble.
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It takes a smart man to play dumb.
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I won’t do a movie or a video that would bring disrespect to my mother.
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I was baptized by my father when I was 4 years old.
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And I say that to send a message to all the young thugs out there; that it’s nothing to be ashamed of to say you love your mother.
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I was mischievous. I wasn’t bad. I stole food so we could eat. My mother didn’t know.
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To the women and children, T stands for tender. To the bad guys and thugs, it stands for tough.
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You’ll never have any trouble with Mr. T, I’m just a big, calm teddy bear kind of guy. Mr. T ain’t ashamed to cry.
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I pity the fool who just gives up.
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When my ancestors came from Africa, they were shackled by our neck, our wrists, and our ankles in steel chains.
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Everybody loved ‘The A-Team’ because it was entertainment, pure and simple.
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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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We all gonna die eventually from something or other, but don’t be a wimp. Put up a good fight.
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I have a heart of gold, but I’m really a marshmallow in my heart.
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I’m a free spirit.
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I’m not a star. I don’t feel I’m so great. So how can I make you feel great just because you’ve got my signature on a piece of paper?
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Guys who have to pretend to be tough, they ain’t. I’m tough.
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I try to use my experience and the fact that I grew up in the ghetto – I tell people you don’t have to rob or steal to get out of the ghetto.
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If I’m a true follower of my lord and saviour Jesus Christ, I got to do the things you’re supposed to be doing.
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If you gonna wear the mohawk, you stick with it. You don’t just be dibby-dabbing. You make up your mind.
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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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