Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" I said I would never wear my gold again because it would be insensitive and disrespectful to all the people who died and lost everything in Katrina. "
Mr. T
Gold
People
Never
Related Quotes:
" T stands for being nice. T stands for manners. T stands for being polite. "
Mr. T
Nice
Manners
Being Nice
" I'll never have a wedding. I don't want to marry just to do what everybody else is doing. "
Mr. T
Wedding
Never
Want
" I always was a Christian... whatsoever a man thinks in his heart is who he is. "
Mr. T
Christian
Who
Man
" 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. "
Mr. T
Know
You
Down
" 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. "
Mr. T
Look
You
Humble
" Obama's not Jesus. He can't walk on water. "
Mr. T
Walk
Water
He
" A lot of the stuff I do in terms of PR, I learned it from Muhammad Ali. "
Mr. T
Muhammad
Learned
Stuff
" 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. "
Mr. T
Name
Change
Enough
" 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. "
Mr. T
My Life
Buy
House
" I try to work out my mind more these days. I try to eat right. I don't drink, I don't smoke, and I take the skin off chicken. But I'm not on no special diet. I like my steak and potatoes, ice cream, doughnuts. "
Mr. T
Work
Chicken
Smoke
" I am a tough guy. "
Mr. T
Tough Guy
Am
Guy
" 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 rich and gave to the poor. Me. "
Mr. T
Me
Rich
Mother
" If every man loves his mother, he's going to treat the ladies right, with love and respect. "
Mr. T
Love
Man
Mother
" You cross me, I'm going to hurt you. But I'm really very gentle. "
Mr. T
You
Cross
Gentle
" I'm a child of God first. Before I became a celebrity, I was baptized a Christian. "
Mr. T
Celebrity
God
First
" I pull no punches! "
Mr. T
Pull
Punches
" 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. "
Mr. T
Being Happy
Stand
Loving
" It takes a smart man to play dumb. "
Mr. T
Smart
Dumb
Play
" I'm not the same man I used to be, I'm not out hell-raising, stuff like that. I am a changed man. "
Mr. T
Man
Out
I Am
" If I forget to pray, I can't get through the day without snapping at people. "
Mr. T
Pray
Forget
Day
" I don't have a problem with Hulk Hogan. People say things and do things, and who am I to judge? "
Mr. T
People
Say
Problem
" I used to bodyguard for Muhammad Ali, Leon Spinks, Sugar Ray Leonard. I used to bodyguard a lot of diamond merchants; I would travel with a suitcase full of diamonds and take them from point A to point B. My reputation grew because I was a professional. I did my job, and I was courteous - a no-nonsense guy. "
Mr. T
Reputation
Travel
Sugar
" My celebrity status allows me an opportunity, allows me a pulpit to preach and reach out to the people. Not even always preaching but just leading, motivating them by being a leader. "
Mr. T
Me
Opportunity
People
" I'm tender on the inside. "
Mr. T
Inside
Tender
" I thank God I'm in a position where I can pick and choose - there are some roles I don't play. "
Mr. T
Play
Choose
God
" In 1995, I was diagnosed with cancer, and I had to practice what I preached. I had always said to 'believe in God' and 'don't give up' to little kids who had been diagnosed with cancer. I then thought if I can't call on that same God and same strength that I told people about, I would be a liar and a phony. "
Mr. T
Practice
Strength
People
" I answer only to God. "
Mr. T
God
Answer
Only
" I was a straight-A student. But I was a bad lad. "
Mr. T
Lad
Student
Bad
" I was one of the wildest Santa Clauses they ever had. "
Mr. T
Had
Ever
Wildest
" I'm proud to be an actor. See, as an actor, you live longer. Football players, the brain and all that stuff, ooh-eee, that's not good. "
Mr. T
Live
Football
Brain