I’ve turned those steel chains into gold to symbolize the fact that I’m still a slave, only my price tag is higher.
MR. TWhen my ancestors came from Africa, they were shackled by our neck, our wrists, and our ankles in steel chains.
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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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To be a bodyguard is to be a kamikaze pilot. Dedicated.
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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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My momma didn’t clean up floors so I could be a thug… so I could wear my pants down.
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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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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 was mischievous. I wasn’t bad. I stole food so we could eat. My mother didn’t know.
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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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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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I love performing, you know, because, like I say, I’m a ham for this stuff.
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I was a straight-A student. But I was a bad lad.
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I learned that from Muhammad Ali; I used to bodyguard him. He taught me about confidence. So when it comes to any job I work, I’m gonna do it good; I’m going to bring it over the top.
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I have the Midas touch, in the way that when I hook up with a project, I feel, not speaking cocky or conceited, but there’s a confidence I have.
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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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Really, you don’t lose until you stop trying.
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