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. TWWE 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.
More Mr. T Quotes
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When I was growing up, my family was so poor we couldn’t afford to pay attention.
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If you can’t read, the only thing you can do is enjoy the pictures, not the whole story.
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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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I’m a child of God first. Before I became a celebrity, I was baptized a Christian.
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If I never make another dollar, my life is complete.
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I use my celebrity status to inspire someone, to give them hope.
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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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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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I take a lot of pride in the work I do, because people pay to see me. They’ve got to get babysitters, park their car, get popcorn and candy. I’ve got to be conscious of that.
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When I was little, I used to adore gold. It was something special.
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I’m a free spirit.
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You cross me, I’m going to hurt you. But I’m really very gentle.
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They shouldn’t make the departure of a dancer so tear jerky because nobody’s going to war.
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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’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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Stay humble and be concerned for the less fortunate.
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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.
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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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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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I was baptized by my father when I was 4 years old.
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And I say that to send a message to all the young thugs out there; that it’s nothing to be ashamed of to say you love your mother.
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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 believed in God when cancer come to me. Now when I speak, I speak with authority because I’ve been there.
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Why am I here? I’m not lucky. That’s God.
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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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Lord, so when I speak, my words might motivate, might inspire somebody, Lord, when they see me, let them see you. When they hear me, Lord, let them hear you. In your holy name I pray.’
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