I don't worry. I don't doubt. I'm daring. I'm a rebel.
We were poor, but we smiled.
I love performing, you know, because, like I say, I'm a ham for this stuff.
I tell everybody, I get so much because I give so much. I give freely, I give all my time, give all my money, give all of my soul. I try to motivate people. I try to inspire them.
I'm a Christian - I really don't believe in UFOs.
When my ancestors came from Africa, they were shackled by our neck, our wrists, and our ankles in steel chains. I've turned those steel chains into gold to symbolize the fact that I'm still a slave, only my price tag is higher.
My gold, my money couldn't stop cancer from appearing on my body. If they can't save me, then I don't need them.
See, behind all my tough, rough exterior is basically a marshmallow, maybe a pussycat. But not a wimp!
I am a Christian, and the Bible teaches me to forgive.
I thank God I'm in a position where I can pick and choose - there are some roles I don't play.
I try to use my experience and the fact that I grew up in the ghetto - I tell people you don't have to rob or steal to get out of the ghetto.
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 knew I wasn't going to be a rocket scientist - let's not be fools - but I wasn't going to be a bum.
I have the Midas touch, in the way that when I hook up with a project, I feel, not speaking cocky or conceited, but there's a confidence I have. I learned that from Muhammad Ali; I used to bodyguard him. He taught me about confidence. So when it comes to any job I work, I'm gonna do it good; I'm going to bring it over the top.
My momma didn't clean up floors so I could be a thug... so I could wear my pants down.
You might not have the things you want, but if you check carefully, you got all you need.
As a kid, I got three meals a day. Oatmeal, miss-a-meal and no meal.
All I ever wanted to do with my life was own a little house. I did that way back with 'Rocky,' so now everything I do is just icing on the cake.
My celebrity status allows me an opportunity, allows me a pulpit to preach and reach out to the people. Not even always preaching but just leading, motivating them by being a leader.
I'm a free spirit.
My mother told me, 'Son, nobody else but God knows.' And that's what I'm about - reaching out to the people, crying with them, giving them hope. Visiting the hospital, visiting the kids with cancer, visiting the adults, and stuff like that. That's what I do.
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.
Back in the day, I would wear up to 45 pounds of gold. It would take me four hours to get dressed!
I don't call up the press and say, 'Look at me!'
You pity the fool because you don't want to beat up a fool! You know, pity is between sorry and mercy. See, if you pity him, you know, you won't have to beat him up. So that's why I say fools, you gotta give another chance because they don't know no better. That's why I pity them!
T stands for being nice. T stands for manners. T stands for being polite.
