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.
MR. TTo be a bodyguard is to be a kamikaze pilot. Dedicated.
More Mr. T Quotes
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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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In high school, I majored in brick masonry.
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We all gonna die eventually from something or other, but don’t be a wimp. Put up a good fight.
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If I never make another dollar, I am proud. I did what I wanted to do.
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I am a Christian, and the Bible teaches me to forgive.
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My mother raised me with God. We were poor financially, but we were rich spiritually.
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I won’t do a movie or a video that would bring disrespect to my mother.
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If I forget to pray, I can’t get through the day without snapping at people.
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You might not have the things you want, but if you check carefully, you got all you need.
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When I was little, I used to adore gold. It was something special.
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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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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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I was baptized by my father when I was 4 years old.
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I don’t mean to be cocky, but if I’m never on TV again.
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Back in the day, I would wear up to 45 pounds of gold. It would take me four hours to get dressed!
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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 try to motivate people. I try to inspire them.
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Really, you don’t lose until you stop trying.
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Football players, the brain and all that stuff, ooh-eee, that’s not good.
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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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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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I’m tender on the inside.
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Rocky’ and ‘Rocky III’ were the best.
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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 listen to my mother, and that keeps me out of trouble. I’m a good son.
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Basically, I wear sandals, like Jesus. When it gets cold in Chicago, the snow way up to my knees, I still wear my sandals. But that’s me.
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