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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. "

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" You'll never have any trouble with Mr. T, I'm just a big, calm teddy bear kind of guy. Mr. T ain't ashamed to cry. When I go out and I meet people who are suffering and they come and talk to me, Mr. T cries, Mr. T who could break a man's jaw with his fist. "

Mr. T

Suffering

You

" Hmm, on my downtime, I take a shower or listen to the Bible on tape. "

" Stay humble and be concerned for the less fortunate. "

" 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'm so tough and so bad, I can be humble and lift another guy up. "

Mr. T

Humble

Be Humble

" 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

Opportunity

People

" I have a heart of gold, but I'm really a marshmallow in my heart. "

" I try to use my experience and the fact that I grew up in the ghetto - I tell people you don't have to rob or steal to get out of the ghetto. "

" 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. "

" Judas betrayed Jesus. Lady Red betrayed John Dillinger. Those things happen. "

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

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

" Any man who doesn't love his mama can't be no friend of mine. "

" My mother never cursed at home; my father never cursed at home. My father didn't drink. Even though we were poor, we would say a blessing over the table. So that's who I am. "

" I thank God I'm in a position where I can pick and choose - there are some roles I don't play. "

" 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. "

" 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 pull no punches! "

Mr. T

Pull

Punches

" I'm not the same man I used to be, I'm not out hell-raising, stuff like that. I am a changed man. "

" 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. "

" I didn't come to Hollywood. Hollywood came to me. A lot of people wish they could say the things I say. Everyone out here is so phony, it's sickening. "

Mr. T

People

Hollywood

" 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. "

" I don't do Shakespeare. I don't talk in that kind of broken English. "

" I love performing, you know, because, like I say, I'm a ham for this stuff. "

" Everybody loved 'The A-Team' because it was entertainment, pure and simple. "

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

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

" I'm a mama's boy because everything I do is with respect to my mother. I won't do a movie or a video that would bring disrespect to my mother. "

" I take a lot of pride in the work I do, because people pay to see me. They've got to get babysitters, park their car, get popcorn and candy. I've got to be conscious of that. "

" I am tough, but deep inside my toughness, I like to let people know I'm an old-fashioned mama's boy. "