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

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

I talk to people and show 'em how to solve their problems and stop sitting around and complaining. So I just give people little T-isms, so that when they hear my story they know where I'm coming from and that I'm real.

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

I'm a bold Christian, not a scaredy-cat Christian.

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?

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