“My mother always said the biggest room is room for improvement,” Mr. T told me after the show. “If people say I did good tonight then I’ll go home, take a shower and tomorrow’s another day. I wanted to earn people’s respect and that makes me work extra hard.”
Respect was certainly something Mr. T earned during his time on the show. Last night judge Carrie Ann Inaba declared, “Tonight you proved yourself a dancer with grace.”
Mr. T was never shy about his shortcomings when it came to dancing. “I can’t dance!” he admitted. “Each week I just wanted to improve and at the end of the day it’s entertainment.”
According to the A-Team star, he had turned down the opportunity to do DTWS seven or eight times, preferring to hone his craft a little before donning his dance shoes. His reasoning for finally agreeing was to give his earnings to the kids of St. Jude’s [Children's Research Hospital] and