“They used to call me 'Touchdown T.' I remember in high school, we had homecoming, and I got in front of the pep rally, and I told them, 'I'm going to run for three touchdowns.' I ran for thr...”
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“They used to call me 'Touchdown T.' I remember in high school, we had homecoming, and I got in front of the pep rally, and I told them, 'I'm going to run for three touchdowns.' I ran for thr...”
“I was mischievous. I wasn't bad. I stole food so we could eat. My mother didn't know. I used to tell her some man gave me $10 to sweep out the yard. I was like Robin Hood. I took from the ri...”
“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. Visiting the hospital, visiting the kids with...”
“Mr. T. been to chemo, Mr. T been to radiation, hair fall out... but he's back. Now I can give hope when I go to the hospital, see the sick kids with cancer, tell them, don't quit.”
“I don't have a problem with Hulk Hogan. People say things and do things, and who am I to judge?”
“When I'm in the house of God, I don't wear my jewelry, if you're looking for my jewelry. All you see is my heart of gold.”
“To kids, I've always been more than just some big tough black guy. I train to be tough - I box and do karate - but underneath all that toughness is a tender man.”
“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.”
“I was a straight-A student. But I was a bad lad.”
“If every man loves his mother, he's going to treat the ladies right, with love and respect.”
“I hold the door for the ladies - I'm a gent.”
“Any man who doesn't love his mama can't be no friend of mine.”
“I always say I'm one of the toughest mama's boys you're ever gonna meet. And I say that to send a message to all the young thugs out there; that it's nothing to be ashamed of to say you love...”
“I have a heart of gold, but I'm really a marshmallow in my heart.”
“As a kid, I got three meals a day. Oatmeal, miss-a-meal and no meal.”
“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.”
“I get up every morning and say, 'Father, give me strength today, not strength so I can lift 500 pounds, but give me strength, Lord, so when I speak, my words might motivate, might inspire so...”
“God didn't make me to make movies, flex muscles, buy gold. What you love the most becomes your God... If I never make another dollar, my life is complete.”
“NBC had a show called 'The Toughest Bouncer in America' that I did. But I told them I didn't like that term, 'bouncer.' To me, it's offensive. A bouncer likes to get physical, likes to put h...”
“I would never do a commercial if I thought it was offensive to anyone.”