You might not have the things you want, but if you check carefully, you got all you need.
MR. TI could talk all day, T stands for talking, T stands for tender, T stands for things that don’t even rhyme with T.
More Mr. T Quotes
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I go to cancer wards, and I tell them guys, ‘I’ve beaten it. You can, too.’
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Left ear, I wear four earrings. The four is symbolic of the four seasons, spring, winter, summer and fall, the four directions, north, east, south and west, the four gospel writers, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
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I won’t do a movie or a video that would bring disrespect to my mother.
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You’ll never have any trouble with Mr. T, I’m just a big, calm teddy bear kind of guy. Mr. T ain’t ashamed to cry.
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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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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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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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Visiting the hospital, visiting the kids with cancer, visiting the adults, and stuff like that. That’s what I do.
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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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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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All I ever wanted to do with my life was own a little house. I did that way back with ‘Rocky,’ so now everything I do is just icing on the cake.
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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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We had the wood shop, the machine shop, so I know about all that. I wanted to build buildings when I graduated from high school. I do know my way around that stuff.
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I was a straight-A student. But I was a bad lad.
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They used to call me ‘Touchdown T.’ I remember in high school, we had homecoming, and I got in front of the pep rally, and I told them, ‘I’m going to run for three touchdowns.’ I ran for three touchdowns, kicked the extra point, and took myself out the game.
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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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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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Really, you don’t lose until you stop trying.
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To me, it’s offensive. A bouncer likes to get physical, likes to put his hands on people.
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Whatever role I play is a positive role; it’s a strong role. Never negative.
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It takes a smart man to play dumb.
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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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Rocky’ and ‘Rocky III’ were the best.
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To the women and children, T stands for tender. To the bad guys and thugs, it stands for tough.
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I try to motivate people. I try to inspire them.
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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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