When my ancestors came from Africa, they were shackled by our neck, our wrists, and our ankles in steel chains.
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.
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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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I’m not the same man I used to be, I’m not out hell-raising, stuff like that. I am a changed man.
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I go to cancer wards, and I tell them guys, ‘I’ve beaten it. You can, too.’
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My gold, my money couldn’t stop cancer from appearing on my body. If they can’t save me, then I don’t need them.
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Life guided me to being a bodyguard, protecting people, then in the movies, so I’m happy with everything because basically all I ever wanted to do was be a good son and take care of my mother.
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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 always say I’m one of the toughest mama’s boys you’re ever gonna meet.
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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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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.
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In high school, I majored in brick masonry.
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I hold the door for the ladies – I’m a gent.
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To have a comeback, you have to have a setback.
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I answer only to God.
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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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Don’t be getting sloppy drunk and telling them dirty jokes.
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