God is on my side, and that’s all I need. I get up in the morning.
MR. TWhen 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.
More Mr. T Quotes
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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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I used to carry my father’s Bible and put it on the pulpit so he could preach.
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I didn’t come to Hollywood. Hollywood came to me. A lot of people wish they could say the things I say. Everyone out here is so phony, it’s sickening.
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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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Gold was a gift to Jesus. If it’s good enough for Jesus, it’s good enough for me!
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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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Not even always preaching but just leading, motivating them by being a leader.
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As a Christian, you forgive, and you feed the hungry and clothe the naked, and you visit the sick and comfort the lonely.
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All I ever wanted out of my life was to buy my mother a house. By 1995, I have achieved all I wanted materially in life.
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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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When I was old enough to change my name, I changed it to Mr. T so that the first word out of someone’s mouth was ‘Mister,’ a sign of respect.
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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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In high school, I majored in brick masonry.
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I get up every morning and say, ‘Father, give me strength today, not strength so I can lift 500 pounds, but give me strength.
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I pray to God. I don’t pray to the president, the governor, the mayor, no black caucus, no this and that. I pray to God, and that’s the end of it.
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T stands for being nice. T stands for manners. T stands for being polite.
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I knew I wasn’t going to be a rocket scientist – let’s not be fools – but I wasn’t going to be a bum.
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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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I’m a free spirit.
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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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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 always was a Christian… whatsoever a man thinks in his heart is who he is.
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Mr. T. been to chemo, Mr. T been to radiation, hair fall out… but he’s back. Now I can give hope when I go to the hospital, see the sick kids with cancer, tell them, don’t quit.
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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 used to bodyguard for Muhammad Ali, Leon Spinks, Sugar Ray Leonard. I used to bodyguard a lot of diamond merchants.
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I’m not a star. I don’t feel I’m so great. So how can I make you feel great just because you’ve got my signature on a piece of paper?
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