When I was nine years old, living on the south side of Chicago, my father was a minister and my mother used to scrub floors.
MR. TI’m proud to be an actor. See, as an actor, you live longer.
More Mr. T Quotes
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I’m a free spirit.
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I’ve never seen myself as a star. I never call myself a celebrity or a superstar, whatever.
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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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I listen to my mother, and that keeps me out of trouble. I’m a good son.
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I’m a child of God first. Before I became a celebrity, I was baptized a Christian.
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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.
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To have a comeback, you have to have a setback.
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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 wanted to talk about the apostles, the disciples and all that.
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Visiting the hospital, visiting the kids with cancer, visiting the adults, and stuff like that. That’s what I do.
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Left ear, I wear four earrings. The four is symbolic of the four seasons, spring, winter, summer and fall, the four directions, north, east, south and west, the four gospel writers, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
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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’ve turned those steel chains into gold to symbolize the fact that I’m still a slave, only my price tag is higher.
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My reputation grew because I was a professional. I did my job, and I was courteous – a no-nonsense guy.
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When I’m in the house of God, I don’t wear my jewelry, if you’re looking for my jewelry. All you see is my heart of gold.
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