Quotes from Mr. T

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.

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

My mother is a strong, wonderful woman. I could never be anything she didn't want me to be.

I hold the door for the ladies - I'm a gent.

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

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

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 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.

I'm a tough guy, but I'm a good guy, I'm durable because when you play football they want you being tough, not just because you sprain your ankle crying "Mama, mama!"

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

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

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

If you look at my job, my union card, it says 'actor.' It don't say nothing about celebrity, movie star, nothing like that, and that's one thing that keeps me humble.

A lot of the stuff I do in terms of PR, I learned it from Muhammad Ali.

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.

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

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

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'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.

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

I pity the fool who just gives up.

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

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.