When my ancestors came from Africa, they were shackled by our neck, our wrists, and our ankles in steel chains.
MR. TMy mother raised me with God. We were poor financially, but we were rich spiritually.
More Mr. T Quotes
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Why am I here? I’m not lucky. That’s God.
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My mother never cursed at home; my father never cursed at home. My father didn’t drink. Even though we were poor, we would say a blessing over the table. So that’s who I am.
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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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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 don’t like magic – but I have been known to make guys disappear.
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God is on my side, and that’s all I need. I get up in the morning.
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I wanted to talk about the apostles, the disciples and all that.
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I knew I wasn’t going to be a rocket scientist – let’s not be fools – but I wasn’t going to be a bum.
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I’m not a star. I don’t feel I’m so great. So how can I make you feel great just because you’ve got my signature on a piece of paper?
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I am a Christian, and the Bible teaches me to forgive.
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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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Obama’s not Jesus. He can’t walk on water.
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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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Visiting the hospital, visiting the kids with cancer, visiting the adults, and stuff like that. That’s what I do.
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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 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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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 the women and children, T stands for tender. To the bad guys and thugs, it stands for tough.
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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 little, I used to adore gold. It was something special.
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To have a comeback, you have to have a setback.
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Football players, the brain and all that stuff, ooh-eee, that’s not good.
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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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NBC had a show called ‘The Toughest Bouncer in America’ that I did. But I told them I didn’t like that term, ‘bouncer.’.
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See, behind all my tough, rough exterior is basically a marshmallow, maybe a pussycat. But not a wimp!
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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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