“T stands for being nice. T stands for manners. T stands for being polite.”

If I never make another dollar, I am proud. I did what I wanted to do.

Any man who doesn’t love his mama can’t be no friend of mine.

I’m proud to be an actor. See, as an actor, you live longer.

You might not have the things you want, but if you check carefully, you got all you need.

Rocky’ and ‘Rocky III’ were the best.

I’m a child of God first. Before I became a celebrity, I was baptized a Christian.

See, behind all my tough, rough exterior is basically a marshmallow, maybe a pussycat. But not a wimp!

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.

I’m tough when I have to be, tender when I should be. When you find a really tough guy, he’s not a predator. He doesn’t have to prove himself.

We had the wood shop, the machine shop, so I know about all that. I wanted to build buildings when I graduated from high school. I do know my way around that stuff.

All I ever wanted to do with my life was own a little house. I did that way back with ‘Rocky,’ so now everything I do is just icing on the cake.

Don’t be getting sloppy drunk and telling them dirty jokes.

I have a heart of gold, but I’m really a marshmallow in my heart.

My celebrity status allows me an opportunity, allows me a pulpit to preach and reach out to the people.

I am a Christian, and the Bible teaches me to forgive.

When I go out and I meet people who are suffering and they come and talk to me, Mr. T cries, Mr. T who could break a man’s jaw with his fist.

I enjoy the challenge of being a father… I try to do my best to be there for my children.

I have made it a rule of my life to trust a man long after other people gave him up, but I don’t see how I can ever trust any human being again.

The Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation where the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.

My dad being not the greatest dad in the world has made me a better parent.

I understand aggressiveness in only one way: being prepared to hurt yourself, not someone else.

To many forms of life of our northern lands, winter means a long sleep; to others, it means what it means to many fortunate human beings – travels in warm climes.

We are really proud of our culture and, really, just being a minority.

Only man seems to be endowed with this faculty; he alone develops disinterested intelligence, intelligence that is not primarily concerned with his own safety and well-being but that looks abroad upon things.