I'm tender when I need to be. I'm tough when I should to be.

I'm not outright seeking stuff. Because all I want to do is done. I bought my mother a nice house and pretty dress.

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

When I was old enough to change my name, I changed it to Mr. T so that the first word out of someone's mouth was 'Mister,' a sign of respect.

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

I wanted to win to feed the hungry people of my community. I didn't want to win to buy a diamond.. I didn't have no diamonds then. I didn't want to win to buy a car, I didn't want to win to bring a couple of chicks downtown to a hotel. I wanted to win to feed the poor people of the community.