Terry Crews has transitioned from athlete to actor, playing tough guys and hilarious characters while making fun of himself in films and television.
Terry Crews started to act in the late ’90s after his successful sports and football career. Terry Crews is a fitness enthusiast and a brilliant comic actor who can blend comedy with a top physical condition.
Terry Crews was born to Patricia and Terry Crews Sr. in Flint, Michigan. Terry Crews was an All-Conference defensive lineman for the WMU Broncos, who won the MAC championship in 1988.
His college accomplishments were recognized when the Los Angeles Rams picked him in 1991. While in the NFL, he used his artistic abilities to create a line of NFL-authorized artworks for Sierra Sun Editions.
Terry Crews left football in 1997 to pursue his career as an actor in Los Angeles. The first breakthrough for Terry Crews came in 1999 when he tried for the sports show ‘Battle Dome’ alongside other actor-athletes and was cast as the urban fighter 'T-Money'.
In addition to films, the footballer-turned-actor is famous for his parts in several successful network sitcoms and game programs.
He has also appeared in various television programs, including a famous reality program and his reality show that features his entire family. He won many people's hearts as a model in ad campaigns for a famous brand of cologne.
Crews rose as an outspoken advocate of women's rights and a campaigner against sexual horrors, touching an emotional nerve with his viewers by recounting his family's experience of abuse from his abusive father.
Famous Terry Crews Quotes
Terry Crews is best known for his roles as Julius Rock in the UPN/CW drama 'Everybody Hates Chris', which ran from 2005 to 2009, and Terry Jeffords in 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' by Fox and NBC.
Here is a collection of the most notable Terry Crews quotes, most of which will strike a chord with you.
"The comedy of it is that if we hadn't been starving, I would never have tried acting at all. That's why I always say our struggle makes us who we are."
"What I've discovered as I've worked to finally grow up and become a better person while making peace with my past, is that anger can trick us."
“When my alarm went off in the morning before I could be crushed beneath the weight of the day’s many stresses, I took a moment to think: I’m alive. I’m alive. I can keep going as long as I’m alive.”
“The reality is you get zero points for intentions.”
“I always tell people it’s the wrong approach to feel like we need to go to the gym to get in shape. Rather, we should adopt the attitude because we’re in shape, we must go to the gym.”
“Once I began to have compassion for myself, and my family, and everyone I encounter, it changed everything.”
“Don’t do anything that will take me down. If you’re feeling bad, do something to make yourself feel good.”
"I actually ran into Justin Bieber when nobody knew him at the Kids' Choice Awards. He came up to me like, 'Mr. Crews, how you doing?
I'm produced by Usher and I just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Justin Bieber,' and I just knew he was a good, nice kid. Next year, people are screaming and attacking him."
"Once you push yourself into something new. And whole new world of opportunities opens up. But you might get hurt; in fact, you will get hurt. But amazingly, when you heal, you are somewhere you've never been"
"I realized you don't have to be perfect; you just have to be faithful in your attempts."
“From now on, I’m taking my shot. No matter what, I’m taking my shot.”
Terry Crews Motivational Quotes
Terry Crews wrote his autobiographical book 'Manhood: How To Be A Better Man-Or Just Live With One' in 2014, in which he discusses what he's learned while rising to stardom and offers advice to men everywhere.
These Terry Crews quotes will inspire you in life and motivate you toward doing the right thing.
(Terry Crews, named TIME's Person of the Year in 2017, went from being broke to cleaning floors to becoming extremely successful.)
"And that's the real secret to manhood: having the courage to be man enough to support the ones who make you great."
"No is negotiable. I can actually change where I go and how I get there. I can actually make my way over to the other side. It's up to me."
“When you’re coming up in the world, sometimes you’ve got to do things you don’t enjoy.”
"Dreams do come true. It takes a lot of work. But it can happen."
"We'll spend all the time we can find on our careers. But we need to be spending more time studying how to be a great husband, how to be a great father, how to be a great man."
"Embrace the struggle, and you will become more than you ever thought possible."
“I loved to draw, but quickly learned there’s nothing that comes naturally to us. We may have interests and desires, but we still have to work hard to improve our abilities.”
"My mantra is: Humble yourself. Discover what your monsters are. Be honest with yourself."
“You take action based on where you want to be, not based on where you are.”
“But how many young people believe the limiting things they’re told? That’s why we’ve got to define our circumstances for ourselves. I’m telling you, our sense of ourselves is all we have in this world.”
Funny Terry Crews Quotes
Terry Crews is a multi-talented individual who isn't afraid to take risks and challenge himself. Many people are inspired by his wicked sense of humor and evident love for whatever he is doing.
These fantastic Terry Crews quotes will surely convince you of how quirky and goofy he is. He firmly believes in the statement 'pride doesn't help in life'.
"The coolest guy in my high school ended up working in a carwash."
"There are more fools in this world than people."
"I am an official slow-roasted, honey-baked ham. Ever since I was a kid, my thing is that I love attention. All my report cards are like, 'He would be wonderful, but he just can't stop being a clown in class.'"
"When you go back to 'Friends,' and you look at that as New York, there's no black people. That's not real. You're in New York City, and there's no black people at all. That's a little funny."
"All a kid needs is one good word from someone he believes. It's not necessary to have anything more than that."
"Well, that embarrassment gene, I don't really have a lot of it."
“Of course, fashion starts inside, and not just within fitness and your body, but also with self-love, but it’s all tied together, and it helps."
"When we wear something that looks great on us, or something we feel good in, which is even more important, our whole image of ourselves changes.”
“I’ve had pity parties that rivaled New Year’s Eve, but the thing about the pity party is that no one else ever comes to your pity party.”
"I call myself the Amusement Park. That's because I'm funny and scary at the same time."
Best Terry Crews Quotes
Terry Crews began his professional life in the NFL rather than acting. He has now established himself as a significant actor, appearing in films and television shows, frequently displaying his endearing personality and superb comedic timing.
The following are a few Terry Crews' life quotes to provide a glimpse into the actor's life and how amazing of a person he is.
"I needed to be broken. Because the moment when you're broken is the moment when you can see what's really happening."
"Every experience I have in my life begins in my head, and it's up to me to be positive, and learn, and grow, and make it all worthwhile."
"As a parent, you walk around trying to be perfect, but you don't have to be perfect. That's the key. You just have to be faithful, and when I say faithful, I mean you have to give your all."
“I don’t care, you can laugh all you want, I’m giving it all I’ve got, and when we go home at the end of the day, we’ll see who’s laughing then.”
“If we don’t let our anger go naturally, it can become an offense we hold on to that blinds us, clouding our ability to see our own behavior clearly and causing us to become helpless.”
"My message to all men is that you have to kill pride. You've been taught that pride is a manly thing, that pride is a good thing. But the problem with pride is that it stops you from growth."
"When you're so proud that you won't change, you've got problems. Male pride causes wars; millions of people have died because of male pride because one man would not back down."
"I constantly get out of my comfort zone. Looking cool is the easiest way to mediocrity."
"We determine our core value. We do. And we have to keep that value strong, no matter what."
"I used to do security outside of bars. I watched guys come right out of work and spend the whole evening in the bar. They could have a whole other job, a whole other life."
“I decided everything was going to be a learning experience, and I was going to make good use of every single moment of every single day.”
“But trying to be perfect will leave you empty-handed, whereas trying to do your best will keep you fulfilled.”
