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.
MR. TI used to carry my father’s Bible and put it on the pulpit so he could preach.
More Mr. T Quotes
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I don’t like magic – but I have been known to make guys disappear.
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I’ve never seen myself as a star. I never call myself a celebrity or a superstar, whatever.
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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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Football players, the brain and all that stuff, ooh-eee, that’s not good.
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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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Left ear, I wear four earrings. The four is symbolic of the four seasons, spring, winter, summer and fall, the four directions, north, east, south and west, the four gospel writers, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
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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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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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I’m a free spirit.
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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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I answer only to God.
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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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I have a heart of gold, but I’m really a marshmallow in my heart.
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My mother told me, ‘Son, nobody else but God knows.’ And that’s what I’m about – reaching out to the people, crying with them, giving them hope.
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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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