Top 77 Mr. T Quotes

We were poor, but we smiled.

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

I want people to draw strength from me.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

I would never do a commercial if I thought it was offensive to anyone.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

My mother raised me with God. We were poor financially, but we were rich spiritually.

I’m tender on the inside.

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.

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.

When you give, it comes back to you.

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

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

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

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

I hold the door for the ladies – I’m a gent.

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

This guy Clubber Lang, I’ve been him all my life. He’s mean and hungry just like me.

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

I go down the street, people see me: ‘Hey, I pity-‘ right on, man, that’s a compliment to me.

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.

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

All I ever wanted to do with my life was own a little house. I did that way back with ‘Rocky,’ so now everything I do is just icing on the cake.

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

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.

Whatever role I play is a positive role; it’s a strong role. Never negative.

‘Rocky’ and ‘Rocky III’ were the best.

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

To have a comeback, you have to have a setback.

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.

Gold was a gift to Jesus. If it’s good enough for Jesus, it’s good enough for me!

See, behind all my tough, rough exterior is basically a marshmallow, maybe a pussycat. But not a wimp!

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 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.

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

Everybody loved ‘The A-Team’ because it was entertainment, pure and simple.

To be a bodyguard is to be a kamikaze pilot. Dedicated.

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.

The most violent show on TV is the six o’clock news.

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 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 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 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.

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.

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 was one of the wildest Santa Clauses they ever had.

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.

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!

It takes a smart man to play dumb.

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

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

I use my celebrity status to inspire someone, to give them hope.

I know about two things: ‘Rocky III’ and Clubber Lang, and ‘A-Team’ and B.A. Baracus. That’s who I am!

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

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.

The blessed of us must save the less of us. I’m blessed, and yeah, I’m planning to go to Heaven.

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.

I am a tough guy.

I am a Christian, and the Bible teaches me to forgive.

I serve God.