I believed in God when cancer come to me. Now when I speak, I speak with authority because I’ve been there.
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Mr. T143 quotes“I believed in God when cancer come to me. Now when I speak, I speak with authority because I’ve been there.”
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When you give, it comes back to you.
Mr. TMr. T My faith was tested like Job. That’s the message I try to tell other people: just because you believe in God, serve God, feed the hungry, clothe the naked, people gotta realize, it don’t mean things not gonna happen to you.
Mr. TMr. T I’m not the same man I used to be, I’m not out hell-raising, stuff like that. I am a changed man.
Mr. TMr. T Football players, the brain and all that stuff, ooh-eee, that’s not good.
Mr. TMr. T I’m tender on the inside.
Mr. TMr. T When my ancestors came from Africa, they were shackled by our neck, our wrists, and our ankles in steel chains.
Mr. TMr. T I’m not really an actor, I’m a reactor; I’m a pitchman. That’s what I do best. Nobody can do it any better.
Mr. TMr. T NBC had a show called ‘The Toughest Bouncer in America’ that I did. But I told them I didn’t like that term, ‘bouncer.’.
Mr. TMr. T I would travel with a suitcase full of diamonds and take them from point A to point B.
Mr. TMr. T I’m so tough and so bad, I can be humble and lift another guy up.
Mr. TMr. T I don’t worry. I don’t doubt. I’m daring. I’m a rebel.
Mr. TMr. T I use my celebrity status to inspire someone, to give them hope.
Mr. TMr. T I go to cancer wards, and I tell them guys, ‘I’ve beaten it. You can, too.’
Mr. TMr. T 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.
Mr. TMr. T I know about two things: ‘Rocky III’ and Clubber Lang, and ‘A-Team’ and B.A. Baracus. That’s who I am!
Mr. TMr. T I always say I’m one of the toughest mama’s boys you’re ever gonna meet.
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