Quotes
 If you think I`m big, you should see my brothers. I am the best bodyguard, because I`ll take a bullet, I`ll take a stab wound, I`ll take a hit upside the head; I`m like a Kamikaze pilot; The President got shot because his men relaxed. - Mr. T, in Sept. 1983 issue of Playboy
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You`re arguing over $45? My lunch cost $45!
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When I was growing up, my family was so poor we couldn`t afford to pay attention.
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As a kid, I got three meals a day. Oatmeal, miss-a-meal and no meal.
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I think about my father being called `boy`, my uncle being called `boy`, my brother, coming back from Vietnam and being called `boy`. So I questioned myself: `What does a black man have to do before he`s given the respect as a man?` So when I was 18 years old, when I was old enough to fight and die for my country, old enough to drink, old enough to vote, I said I was old enough to be called a man. I self-ordained myself Mr. T so the first word out of everybody`s mouth is `Mr.` That`s a sign of respect that my father didn`t get, that my brother didn`t get, that my mother didn`t get.
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I pity the fool... [his trademark quote]
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I pity the fool who don`t read it [the Mr T Comic]! It`s gonna be pure gold!
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I believe in the Golden Rule - The Man with the Gold... Rules.
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Trivia
Voted by a BBC-run poll the fourth most influential American in history, behind Homer Simpson, Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King.
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Boxed 'ACE' Cowboy Bob Orton on WWF's Saturday Night Main Event in 1985 and was subsequentially whipped by Orton and Rowdy Roddy Piper with a belt.
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He had a daughter in 1971 with Phyllis Clark.
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When he and Hulk Hogan appeared in 1985 on "Saturday Night Live" (1975), they were promoting the World Wrestling Federation's WrestleMania (1985) (V) pay-per-view show. They stayed mostly in character, but during a "Fernando's Hideaway" segment (Billy Crystal ), were unable to do so during most of that skit.
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Defeated Kevin Sullivan at Starrcade 1994.
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While a homeowner in Lake Forest, Illinois, he clearcut 100 acres of trees located on his property, igniting a feud with neighbors and town officials. Because of his actions, landowners of the town are prohibited from cutting down trees, even on their own property, without a permit.
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Stopped wearing his trademark gold chains as of last year (2005) because of the Katrina devastation.
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If you ask him what his real name, he will tell you, "My first name is 'Mr,' my middle name is 'period,' last name is 'T'"
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Briefly attended Prairie View A&M University near Houston, Texas c. 1971.
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Previous occupations include gym teacher, military policeman, bouncer and bodyguard.
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Was once parodied on the animated GI Joe series of the 1980s with a character called "Mr. C", who was a spokesman for the evil COBRA cable network (the character then joined GI Joe after the COBRA cable3 network was destroyed).
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Once worked as a bouncer and a bodyguard to Steve McQueen, Muhammad Ali & Diana Ross.
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Diagnosed with cancer in 1995 at age 43. Beating the disease in 2001 at age 49.
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Has frequented Harry Caray's restaurant in Chicago. One waiter described Mr. T as a generous tipper who would bring his own golden eating utensils. Often, he'd bring his mother with him. While Mr. T was friendly toward would-be autograph seekers, there was one cardinal rule: do NOT disturb him while he was eating.
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He was twice named America's Toughest Bouncer.
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Occasionally appears as Conan O'Brien's special guest and partner in various comedy sketches on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993). [2001]
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Fans often dubbed his "Sgt. B.A. Baracus" from "The A-Team" (1983) as standing for "Bad Ass" or "Bad Attitude".
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Rowdy Roddy Piper mentioned that he and other fellow wrestlers legitimately disliked Mr. T, because he was an actor coming into wrestling, and had not paid his dues as a professional wrestler.
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Hulk Hogan wrote in his autobiography that Mr. T almost ruined the main event of the first Wrestlemania, because when he arrived, security would not let his entourage into the building. Mr. T was ready to skip the show until Hogan personally talked him out of leaving.
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Compiled a 4-0 Shoot-Wrestling Record.
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Doesn't drink alcoholic beverages.
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Mr. T is the father of three children - Lesa, 29; Erika, 21; and T Junior, 14.
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Derived his signature hair-do when an attempt to shave his hair into a "T" failed. He adopted the mohawk look instead, taken from a National Geographic photo of a Mandika warrior in Mali.
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