I used to tell her some man gave me $10 to sweep out the yard. I was like Robin Hood. I took from the rich and gave to the poor. Me.
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Mr. T143 quotes“I used to tell her some man gave me $10 to sweep out the yard. I was like Robin Hood. I took from the rich and gave to the poor. Me.”
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When I’m ready to fight, my opponent has a better chance of surviving a forest fire wearing gasoline drawers.
Mr. TMr. T This guy Clubber Lang, I’ve been him all my life. He’s mean and hungry just like me.
Mr. TMr. T I could talk all day, T stands for talking, T stands for tender, T stands for things that don’t even rhyme with T.
Mr. TMr. T If you can’t read, the only thing you can do is enjoy the pictures, not the whole story.
Mr. TMr. T My reputation grew because I was a professional. I did my job, and I was courteous – a no-nonsense guy.
Mr. TMr. T I try to motivate people. I try to inspire them.
Mr. TMr. T I was mischievous. I wasn’t bad. I stole food so we could eat. My mother didn’t know.
Mr. TMr. T My mother told me, ‘Son, nobody else but God knows.’ And that’s what I’m about – reaching out to the people, crying with them, giving them hope.
Mr. TMr. T Everybody has done something that we wish we didn’t say or do and wish we could take it back.
Mr. TMr. T WWE asked me to be in the Hall of Fame, and I turned it down. You know why? They put Pete Rose in the wrestling Hall of Fame. This guy can’t even get into his own Hall of Fame.
Mr. TMr. T I learned that from Muhammad Ali; I used to bodyguard him. He taught me about confidence. So when it comes to any job I work, I’m gonna do it good; I’m going to bring it over the top.
Mr. TMr. T 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.
Mr. TMr. T God is on my side, and that’s all I need. I get up in the morning.
Mr. TMr. T Obama’s not Jesus. He can’t walk on water.
Mr. TMr. T Visiting the hospital, visiting the kids with cancer, visiting the adults, and stuff like that. That’s what I do.
Mr. TMr. T 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.
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