I was baptized by my father when I was 4 years old.
MR. TI’m so tough and so bad, I can be humble and lift another guy up.
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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When I go out and I meet people who are suffering and they come and talk to me, Mr. T cries, Mr. T who could break a man’s jaw with his fist.
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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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Why am I here? I’m not lucky. That’s God.
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All I ever wanted out of my life was to buy my mother a house. By 1995, I have achieved all I wanted materially in life.
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I didn’t watch ‘The A-Team’ movie. I’m an artist. You can’t re-paint a Rembrandt. You can’t duplicate that; I don’t care who you get.
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I get up every morning and say, ‘Father, give me strength today, not strength so I can lift 500 pounds, but give me strength.
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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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When my ancestors came from Africa, they were shackled by our neck, our wrists, and our ankles in steel chains.
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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 know about two things: ‘Rocky III’ and Clubber Lang, and ‘A-Team’ and B.A. Baracus. That’s who I am!
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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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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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If people are cool, then they are not stressed. I pity the fool that don’t be cool.
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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.
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