When I was growing up, my family was so poor we couldn’t afford to pay attention.
MR. TI was mischievous. I wasn’t bad. I stole food so we could eat. My mother didn’t know.
More Mr. T Quotes
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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.
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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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If you look at my job, my union card, it says ‘actor.’ It don’t say nothing about celebrity, movie star, nothing like that, and that’s one thing that keeps me humble.
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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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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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Reading is the key to knowledge. Knowledge is the key to understanding. So read on, young man! Read on, young lady!
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I would never do a commercial if I thought it was offensive to anyone.
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I won’t do a movie or a video that would bring disrespect to my mother.
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I thank God I’m in a position where I can pick and choose – there are some roles I don’t play.
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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 sent out a tweet, ‘Dancing with the Stars’ should stop the jibber jabber.
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T stands for being nice. T stands for manners. T stands for being polite.
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Rocky’ and ‘Rocky III’ were the best.
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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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I would travel with a suitcase full of diamonds and take them from point A to point B.
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