If I forget to pray, I can’t get through the day without snapping at people.
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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I would never do a commercial if I thought it was offensive to anyone.
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I try to motivate people. I try to inspire them.
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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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I’m tender on the inside.
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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.
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Stay humble and be concerned for the less fortunate.
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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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Whatever role I play is a positive role; it’s a strong role. Never negative.
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I don’t worry. I don’t doubt. I’m daring. I’m a rebel.
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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!
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Back in the day, I would wear up to 45 pounds of gold. It would take me four hours to get dressed!
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Football players, the brain and all that stuff, ooh-eee, that’s not good.
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Guys who have to pretend to be tough, they ain’t. I’m tough.
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In high school, I majored in brick masonry.
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God is on my side, and that’s all I need. I get up in the morning.
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I hold the door for the ladies – I’m a gent.
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My mother is a strong, wonderful woman. I could never be anything she didn’t want me to be.
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To me, it’s offensive. A bouncer likes to get physical, likes to put his hands on people.
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If people are cool, then they are not stressed. I pity the fool that don’t be cool.
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Why am I here? I’m not lucky. That’s God.
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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.
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I used to bodyguard for Muhammad Ali, Leon Spinks, Sugar Ray Leonard. I used to bodyguard a lot of diamond merchants.
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To be a bodyguard is to be a kamikaze pilot. Dedicated.
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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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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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