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.

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

I was one of the wildest Santa Clauses they ever had.

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.

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 listen to my mother, and that keeps me out of trouble. I’m a good son.

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

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.

I don’t like magic – but I have been known to make guys disappear

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

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

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

I could talk all day, T stands for talking, T stands for tender, T stands for things that don’t even rhyme with T.

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.

We all gonna die eventually from something or other, but don’t be a wimp. Put up a good fight.

There’s hockey and football players tougher than me, there’s gangbangers tougher than me. But my toughness is more, Jesus said Be of tough mind, but tender heart; be tough as a serpent, but tender as a dove. That’s who I am and what I do.

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.

As a Christian when I watched the people in Katrina they lost everything. I’m not just speaking about the Black people, I’m talking about White, Chinese, Oriental, whoever lost stuff. My heart went out to em. I said as a Christian it would be a sin before God for me to wear my gold around people, flashing it in their face and they don’t have nothing. So I said never again would I wear my gold, I want people to know I have a heart of gold and not the gold around my neck.

I pity the fool who just gives up.

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.

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

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.

If you gonna wear the mohawk, you stick with it. You don’t just be dibby dabbing. You make up your mind.

When I’m in the house of God, I don’t wear my jewelry, if you’re looking for my jewelry. All you see is my heart of gold.

I don’t do . I don’t talk in that kind of broken English.

I’m a child of God first. Before I became a celebrity, I was baptized a Christian.

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

When I was little, I used to adore gold. It was something special.

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.

Obama’s not Jesus. He can’t walk on water.

When you give, it comes back to you.

I wanted to win to feed the hungry people of my community. I didn’t want to win to buy a diamond. I didn’t have no diamonds then. I didn’t want to win to buy a car, I didn’t want to win to bring a couple of chicks downtown to a hotel. I wanted to win to feed the poor people of the community.

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.

I am a tough guy.

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?

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.

Table the label and wear your own name.

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.

I knew I wasn’t going to be a rocket scientist let’s not be fools  but I wasn’t going to be a bum.

I am the best bodyguard, because I’ll take a bullet, I’ll take a stab wound, I’ll take a hit upside the head; I’m like a kamikaze pilot.

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.

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’m not perfect, I’m not an angel, but I try to live a certain way because it brings honour and respect to my mother. I tell people that when they look at me, they’re looking at nothing but a big, overgrown, tough mama’s boy. That’s who I am. Mr.

If you can’t read, the only thing you can do is enjoy the pictures, not the whole story. Reading is the key to knowledge. Knowledge is the key to understanding. So read on, young man! Read on, young lady!

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.

God is on my side, and that’s all I need. I get up in the morning, I pray to God. I don’t pray to the president, the governor, the mayor, no black caucus, no this and that. I pray to God, and that’s the end of it.

Each week I pack my bag and travel the country, I go to people who write me and tell me their problems. I appear whether at their house or at their job site or some neighborhood gathering. I come there and listen to their story and I get hands on as I say. I don t give advice, I give people hope, I build their self esteem, I motivate em. I inspire them because that’s what I do.

T stands for being nice. T stands for manners. T stands for being polite.

I feel good with who I am and what I made of myself

As a kid, I got three meals a day. Oatmeal, miss a meal and no meal.

God gave me an opportunity, this is my platform for me to reach people. I tell everybody like my mother told me, it’s not what I make, it’s what I share. That’s why I’m still here because I share a lot.

I don’t like magic  but I have been known to make guys disappear.

People ask what gives me the authority to give advice? I say, First of all, I don’t give advice. Dr Phil gives advice. Mr.   T helps people. I motivate them, I inspire them, I give them hope, and I plant the seed so they can feel good about themselves.

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

Back in the day, I would wear up to 45 pounds of gold. It would take me four hours to get dressed!

I believe in the Golden Rule The Man with the Gold. Rules.

Calvin Klein and Gloria Vanderbilt don’t wear clothes with your name on it, so why should you wear their name?

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!

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.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.

You’re going through college, and you’re going to be faced with a lot of things. You’re going to face adversity, the main thing is don’t quit. For many people it’s easy to quit, but don’t. That’s what separates the winners from the losers, what separates the all stars from the also-rans.

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.

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.

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

My mother told me that niceness and kindness goes a long way.

I didn’t watch  The A Team movie. I’m an artist. You can’t re paint a Rembrandt. You can’t duplicate that; I don’t care who you get.

When I look back on my work, I’m proud of what I’ve done.

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

I remember one time I tried to pity this fool. He told me his name was Jeff. He was married. He pulled out his wallet and showed me three pictures of his kids; Kelly, Robert, Brittany. Real cute kids. Don’t get too close man. It’s hard to pity a fool if you get too close.

I used to

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.

Love is a verb and verbs show action.

I sent out a tweet, Dancing with the Stars should stop the jibber jabber. They shouldn’t make the departure of a dancer so tear jerky because nobody’s going to war.

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

I’m tender when I need to be. I’m tough when I should to be.

Really, you don’t lose until you stop trying.

It takes a smart guy to play dumb.

Left ear, I wear four earrings. The four is symbolic of the four seasons, spring, winter, summer and fall, the four directions, north, east, south and west, the four gospel writers, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

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

When I was growing up, my family was so poor we couldn’t afford to pay attention.

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.

You might not have the things you want, but if you check carefully, you got all you need.

Like Frank Sinatra, I’m doing it my way.

One time, this guy was bothering my mother, and me and my brothers had a stern talking with the guy and a little bit of physicality with him. So he disappeared. But I’m not a magician.

I’m a Christian I really don’t believe in UFOs.

Somedays you eat the bear, somedays the bear eats you.

Stay humble and be concerned for the less fortunate.

If people are cool, then they are not stressed. I pity the fool that don’t be cool.

First name Mister; middle name period; last name T.

To have a comeback, you have to have a setback

I got no time for the jibba jabba.

It takes a smart man to play dumb.