My faith was tested like Job. That’s the message I try to tell other people: just because you believe in God, serve God, feed the hungry, clothe the naked, people gotta realize, it don’t mean things not gonna happen to you.
MR. TWhen 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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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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I use my celebrity status to inspire someone, to give them hope.
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Why am I here? I’m not lucky. That’s God.
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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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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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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’ve never seen myself as a star. I never call myself a celebrity or a superstar, whatever.
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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 have a heart of gold, but I’m really a marshmallow in my heart.
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If I forget to pray, I can’t get through the day without snapping at people.
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I hold the door for the ladies – I’m a gent.
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I sent out a tweet, ‘Dancing with the Stars’ should stop the jibber jabber.
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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 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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If you gonna wear the mohawk, you stick with it. You don’t just be dibby-dabbing. You make up your mind.
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