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" My momma didn't clean up floors so I could be a thug... so I could wear my pants down. "
Mr. T
Clean
Thug
Pants
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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. "
Mr. T
Know
You
Down
" The most violent show on TV is the six o'clock news. "
Mr. T
Violent
Most
News
" 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
" Everybody has done something that we wish we didn't say or do and wish we could take it back. "
Mr. T
Take
Wish
Back
" 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 cancer, visiting the adults, and stuff like that. That's what I do. "
Mr. T
Me
God
Hope
" 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 his hands on people. "
Mr. T
Me
People
Show
" Don't be getting sloppy drunk and telling them dirty jokes. "
Mr. T
Drunk
Telling
Getting
" 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. "
Mr. T
People
Try
Time
" I am a Christian, and the Bible teaches me to forgive. "
Mr. T
Bible
Forgive
Christian
" Like Frank Sinatra, I'm doing it my way. "
Mr. T
Frank
Doing
Way
" 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
" 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. "
Mr. T
Hope
Hospital
Hair
" I'm so tough and so bad, I can be humble and lift another guy up. "
Mr. T
Up
Humble
Be Humble
" 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? "
Mr. T
Star
You
Great
" To the women and children, T stands for tender. To the bad guys and thugs, it stands for tough. "
Mr. T
Bad
Tender
Tough
" The reason why I wear gold - I wear gold for three reasons. One, when Jesus was born, three wise men came from the east: one brought frankincense, one brought myrrh, the other one brought gold. The second reason I wear gold is I can afford it. The third reason I wear it, it's symbolic of my African heritage. "
Mr. T
Three
Wise
Gold
" I don't call up the press and say, 'Look at me!' "
Mr. T
Me
Call
Look
" As a Christian, you forgive, and you feed the hungry and clothe the naked, and you visit the sick and comfort the lonely. If I'm a true follower of my lord and saviour Jesus Christ, I got to do the things you're supposed to be doing. "
Mr. T
You
True
Sick
" You pity the fool because you don't want to beat up a fool! You know, pity is between sorry and mercy. See, if you pity him, you know, you won't have to beat him up. So that's why I say fools, you gotta give another chance because they don't know no better. That's why I pity them! "
Mr. T
Better
Chance
Fool
" I serve God. "
Mr. T
God
Serve
" When I was nine years old, living on the south side of Chicago, my father was a minister and my mother used to scrub floors. I had seven brothers and four sisters. I told my mama, 'One of these days I'm going to be big and strong and buy you a beautiful house.' That's all I've ever wanted to do with my life, is to take care of my mother. "
Mr. T
Beautiful
Life
Father
" I want to represent... to the kids to draw strength from me. So they can see that everybody goes through something, but you can rise up and do your best. Just try. "
Mr. T
Best
Strength
Do Your Best
" I always was a Christian... whatsoever a man thinks in his heart is who he is. "
Mr. T
Christian
Who
Man
" When you give, it comes back to you. "
Mr. T
Give
Back
You
" Back in the day, I would wear up to 45 pounds of gold. It would take me four hours to get dressed! "
Mr. T
Up
Me
Gold
" 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. "
Mr. T
Love
Life
What You Love
" My faith was tested like Job. That's the message I try to tell other people: just because you believe in God, serve God, feed the hungry, clothe the naked, people gotta realize, it don't mean things not gonna happen to you. "
Mr. T
Job
God
Faith
" I don't mean to be cocky, but if I'm never on TV again, if I never make another dollar, I am proud. I did what I wanted to do. "
Mr. T
Cocky
Proud
Never
" Any man who doesn't love his mama can't be no friend of mine. "
Mr. T
Mama
Man
Mine
" If every man loves his mother, he's going to treat the ladies right, with love and respect. "
Mr. T
Love
Man
Mother