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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 three touchdowns, kicked the extra point, and took myself out the game. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

" I'm tough when I have to be, tender when I should be. When you find a really tough guy, he's not a predator. He doesn't have to prove himself. Guys who have to pretend to be tough, they ain't. I'm tough. "

" 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. "

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" I'm a free spirit. "

" I used to bodyguard for some celebrities and other people, and when I wasn't doing that, I used to work at a disco as a doorman or a bouncer. "

" 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. "

" When I'm ready to fight, my opponent has a better chance of surviving a forest fire wearing gasoline drawers. "

" I was a straight-A student. But I was a bad lad. "

" I pity the fool who just gives up. "

" Like Frank Sinatra, I'm doing it my way. "

" 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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" 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. "

" 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. "

" If you get knocked down - setbacks in life, like applying for a job if they don't hire you - keep trying, keep getting up, keep doing it. "

" I want people to draw strength from me. "

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" I believed in God when cancer come to me. Now when I speak, I speak with authority because I've been there. "

Mr. T

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Authority

" I've never seen myself as a star. I never call myself a celebrity or a superstar, whatever. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I'll never have a wedding. I don't want to marry just to do what everybody else is doing. "

" 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. "

" I don't call up the press and say, 'Look at me!' "

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" 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 somebody, Lord, when they see me, let them see you. When they hear me, Lord, let them hear you. In your holy name I pray.' "

" If I forget to pray, I can't get through the day without snapping at people. "

" Everybody has done something that we wish we didn't say or do and wish we could take it back. "

" Why am I here? I'm not lucky. That's God. "

" If every man loves his mother, he's going to treat the ladies right, with love and respect. "