When my ancestors came from Africa, they were shackled by our neck, our wrists, and our ankles in steel chains.
MR. TI was being trained because I wanted to be a preacher like my father. I wanted to talk about Moses; I wanted to talk about God.
More Mr. T Quotes
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I listen to my mother, and that keeps me out of trouble. I’m a good son.
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In high school, I majored in brick masonry.
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I didn’t come to Hollywood. Hollywood came to me. A lot of people wish they could say the things I say. Everyone out here is so phony, it’s sickening.
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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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Whatever role I play is a positive role; it’s a strong role. Never negative.
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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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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 used to tell her some man gave me $10 to sweep out the yard. I was like Robin Hood. I took from the rich and gave to the poor. Me.
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I could talk all day, T stands for talking, T stands for tender, T stands for things that don’t even rhyme with T.
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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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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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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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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.
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I was baptized by my father when I was 4 years old.
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Rocky’ and ‘Rocky III’ were the best.
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