Mr. T

“I'm a free spirit.”

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

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

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

“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.”

“I get up every morning and say, 'Father, give me strength today, not strength so I can lift 500 pounds, but give me strength, Lord, so when I speak, my words might motivate, might inspire somebody, Lord, when they see me, let them see you. When they hear me, Lord, let them hear you. In your holy name I pray.'”

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

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

“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 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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

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

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

“It takes a smart man to play dumb.”

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