You pity the fool because you don’t want to beat up a fool! You know, pity is between sorry and mercy. See, if you pity him, you know, you won’t have to beat him up. So that’s why I say fools, you gotta give another chance because they don’t know no better. That’s why I pity them!
MR. TI used to bodyguard for Muhammad Ali, Leon Spinks, Sugar Ray Leonard. I used to bodyguard a lot of diamond merchants.
More Mr. T Quotes
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I’m a mama’s boy because everything I do is with respect to my mother.
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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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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.
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NBC had a show called ‘The Toughest Bouncer in America’ that I did. But I told them I didn’t like that term, ‘bouncer.’.
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If you get knocked down – setbacks in life, like applying for a job if they don’t hire you – keep trying, keep getting up, keep doing it.
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I’m a Christian – I really don’t believe in UFOs.
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When I was growing up, my family was so poor we couldn’t afford to pay attention.
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I tell everybody, I get so much because I give so much. I give freely, I give all my time, give all my money, give all of my soul.
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I was a straight-A student. But I was a bad lad.
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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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I always was a Christian… whatsoever a man thinks in his heart is who he is.
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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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You might not have the things you want, but if you check carefully, you got all you need.
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Not even always preaching but just leading, motivating them by being a leader.
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I won’t do a movie or a video that would bring disrespect to my mother.
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As a kid, I got three meals a day. Oatmeal, miss-a-meal and no meal.
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I’ll never have a wedding. I don’t want to marry just to do what everybody else is doing.
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They shouldn’t make the departure of a dancer so tear jerky because nobody’s going to war.
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Everybody loved ‘The A-Team’ because it was entertainment, pure and simple.
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I had seven brothers and four sisters. I told my mama, ‘One of these days I’m going to be big and strong and buy you a beautiful house.’ That’s all I’ve ever wanted to do with my life, is to take care of my 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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My mother never cursed at home; my father never cursed at home. My father didn’t drink. Even though we were poor, we would say a blessing over the table. So that’s who I am.
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To be a bodyguard is to be a kamikaze pilot. Dedicated.
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I used to tell her some man gave me $10 to sweep out the yard. I was like Robin Hood. I took from the rich and gave to the poor. Me.
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My mother raised me with God. We were poor financially, but we were rich spiritually.
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I believe in the Golden Rule – The Man with the Gold… Rules.
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