I would like to talk about my Mama, for a bit. Mr. T More Quotes by Mr. T More Quotes From Mr. T I got no time for the jibba-jabba. Mr. T I believe in the Golden Rule - The Man with the Gold... Rules. Mr. T business men believe First name: Mister; middle name: period; last name T. Mr. T lasts names firsts I don't like magic - but I have been known to make guys disappear. Mr. T disappear magic guy Somedays you eat the bear, somedays the bear eats you Mr. T bears When I was growing up, my family was so poor we couldn't afford to pay attention. Mr. T growing-up pay attention As a kid, I got three meals a day. Oatmeal, miss-a-meal and no meal. Mr. T oatmeal missing kids Any man who doesn't love his mama can't be no friend of mine. Mr. T mama no-friends men You might not have the things you want, but if you check carefully, you got all you need. Mr. T want might needs It takes a smart guy to play dumb. Mr. T smart guy play I'm tender when I need to be. I'm tough when I should to be. Mr. T tough should needs 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. Mr. T encouragement stars education 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. Mr. T real cute kids 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 Mr. T encouragement giving people Love is a verb and verbs show action Mr. T verbs action love-is Before Rocky III, I was minding my own business, there was a Tough Man contest. I won that contest two years in a row and I didn't win because I was the toughest, the roughest or the baddest. I won when I was training for the contest, I told my pastor "They're having a contest and when I win the contest I'm a give you the money so you can buy food and clothes for the less fortunate people in the community." That was what Mr. T was about, that was back in 1979. I didn't have a car then but that's what I'm about. Mr. T winning men years 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. Mr. T heart football jesus 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. T angel mother boys 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. Mr. T chicago snow jesus Anger - use it, but don't lose it! Mr. T loses use
