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" In high school, I majored in brick masonry. 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. "

Mr. T

High School

Buildings

Know

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" 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. "

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" I don't worry. I don't doubt. I'm daring. I'm a rebel. "

" I'm pretty clean, hygienic and all that, but sometimes when I come home, I throw my coat over there, take one shoe off here, one shoe off there, but I'm not dirty. "

" I have been chosen by God Almighty to be one of his messengers. "

" I do watch some TV. I like the History Channel and National Geographic, and old shows on TV Land like 'Sanford and Son,' 'The Jeffersons,' and 'Benson.' "

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Land

" 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 your mother. "

" Life guided me to being a bodyguard, protecting people, then in the movies, so I'm happy with everything because basically all I ever wanted to do was be a good son and take care of my mother. "

" Don't be getting sloppy drunk and telling them dirty jokes. "

" When my ancestors came from Africa, they were shackled by our neck, our wrists, and our ankles in steel chains. I've turned those steel chains into gold to symbolize the fact that I'm still a slave, only my price tag is higher. "

" I'm not really an actor, I'm a reactor; I'm a pitchman. That's what I do best. Nobody can do it any better. "

" When you give, it comes back to you. "

" I'm a bold Christian, not a scaredy-cat Christian. "

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Bold

Christian

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

" 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

Rich

Mother

" I was being trained because I wanted to be a preacher like my father. I wanted to talk about Moses; I wanted to talk about God... I wanted to talk about the apostles, the disciples and all that. "

" It takes a smart man to play dumb. "

" My momma didn't clean up floors so I could be a thug... so I could wear my pants down. "

" My gold, my money couldn't stop cancer from appearing on my body. If they can't save me, then I don't need them. "

" 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? "

" 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. 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. "

Mr. T

Job

Work

" 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 try to motivate people. I try to inspire them. "

" I was baptized by my father when I was 4 years old. "

" I am a tough guy. "

Mr. T

Tough Guy

Guy

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

Mr. T

Preach

Father

" 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. "