“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.”

They shouldn’t make the departure of a dancer so tear jerky because nobody’s going to war.

I used to carry my father’s Bible and put it on the pulpit so he could preach.

If I forget to pray, I can’t get through the day without snapping at people.

I thank God I’m in a position where I can pick and choose – there are some roles I don’t play.

I’m a mama’s boy because everything I do is with respect to my mother.

I would never do a commercial if I thought it was offensive to anyone.

You know, T can stand for anything. T stand for working hard. T stand for loving thy neighbor. T stand for feeding the hungry. T stand for just working, working, working, being happy on the set, you know, lifting everybody’s spirits. T stands for just a nice guy.

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.

I don’t have a problem with Hulk Hogan. People say things and do things, and who am I to judge?

When I was little, I used to adore gold. It was something special.

I tell everybody, I get so much because I give so much. I give freely, I give all my time, give all my money, give all of my soul.

I get up every morning and say, ‘Father, give me strength today, not strength so I can lift 500 pounds, but give me strength.

If every man loves his mother, he’s going to treat the ladies right, with love and respect.

As a kid, I got three meals a day. Oatmeal, miss-a-meal and no meal.

As a Christian, you forgive, and you feed the hungry and clothe the naked, and you visit the sick and comfort the lonely.

Everybody loved ‘The A-Team’ because it was entertainment, pure and simple.

Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .

The courage to work, the courage to achieve – to achieve the highest excellencies and the fullest greatness of man. Dare we ask for more in life?

Those who try to achieve success without hard work ultimately deceive themselves-or worse-deceive others.

Human nature refers to what is in people but which they cannot study or work at achieving.

Always, Always have a plan

Courage is the capacity to meet the anxiety which arises as one achieves freedom. It is the willingness to differentiate, to move from the protecting realms of parental dependence to new levels of freedom and integration.

I motivate others by making sure that they understand to go after their dreams and dont let anyone tell you you cant. If you are motivated enough and put the work in that you can achieve anything in life that you set your mind to.

As yet we know nothing of what goes to create or evoke the active spark of life.