Ray lewis quotes

God has never made a mistake. Ever.

I don't train for football; I train more for a lifestyle.

If there's something in your life that you know needs changing, make sure you change it before God's got to change it. Because if God's got to change it, you ain't going to like it.

I fight for the man next to me. It don't matter about me, what matters about me is sacrificing for you; for the ultimate goal which is us.

In any war who pulls their general out? No one.

Don’t waste talent. No matter what you do, don’t waste talent.

The locker room talk is always that about who can beat who.

Parents needs to spend more time with who they're trusting their kids with. That's one of the nuggets going forward. Find out who these coaches are. Figure out their environment and what kind of problems they have, and see if you want your child involved with that.

Life is about being a versatile athlete and training in all realms of life.

I love watching the Serengeti, the way lions live. The only way the king lion loses his crown is by somebody physically defeating him.

Watching the season for me is about watching the chess matches.

Effort is between you and you.

To be the best and stay there, sweat is necessary.

I'm a prideful person when it comes to competition.

Man believes in the possible, but God believes in the impossible.

You got to be willing to walk in a storm. That's what I tell people all the time.

Who knows what the future holds? It's all on parenting, one way or another. I don't care what level it is, it comes back to people learning how to deal with people.

All the cops are just workers for the one percent, and they don't even realize they're being exploited.

You have to be honest about who you are.

And I love Evander Holyfield to death!

Do whatever you gotta do to chase your legacy every second of your life.

With all the things I've been through, the No. 1 thing that I've learned is that we're supposed to help people through this world.

When you think about Peyton Manning, you think about numbers. When you think about Tom Brady, you think about championships

Greatness is a lot of small things done well, stacked up on each other.

Never be comfortable.... .with just good enough.

There's a spirit that grabs me, and it's in every one of you guys, but the questions is, how much time are we wasting?

You have to find that place that is very quiet in your head, and anytime I read it, anytime I come across it, my Bible, the first Scripture in there is Psalms 91.

If you clean your body out so that it is not fighting against you, you rest better, think better and you're always light on your feet.

Pain is only temporary, no matter how long it lasts.

What makes you grind? You have to always be chasing something.

Every day of my life, I'm trying to find a different way to get better.

Outside of these doors, it is the real world. Someone tries to get you to do something wrong, run.

Everything I got, I'm willing to sacrifice

When you try to help people become a better person, you're going to have to find out what's really going in their world.

Will you be remembered, how would you be remembered, why wouldn’t you fight for the greatest achievement ever?

I like college football a lot, because it's the dream that you're chasing. The dream of one day possibly making it, with the harsh reality that only one percent make it.

Whatever your path is, that's your path.

Success is one thing, impact is another

Nobody’s as serious about health and fitness as me, and staying fit is my top priority.

I have so much respect for people that are my elders. You aren't going to hear me cursing around people that are 60 and 70 years old.

I don't know a man on this Earth who can outwork me.

You don't care if I'm guilty or not. You gonna make sure I go to jail for life.

You can't take no breaks.

Once again, God to all glory, because I didnt feel one thing. I didnt hurt it one time. I actually argued with my equipment staff to take it off half way through the game, because I thought I didnt need it. I was trying to tell them it was stopping me from extending, but you know what, Ive always trusted them with their advice. It was kind of important to keep it on, and for me to come out and not have a bruise, not tweak it, not do anything like that, is just really awesome.

A leader puts himself last then he sticks out.

My game is me. I didn't try to pattern my game after nobody.

I love passion. I love for a coach to be passionate.

Adversity defines true character.

Let me explain my job very simply: My job is to line up five, seven, 10 yards in front of a man and run into him at full speed.

I didn't like where I once was, so I promised myself I wouldn't be back there.

When you see tears in my eyes, you see it's not about the wins or the losses, It's about the opportunity.

You don't have to win it, just don't lose it.

The only thing that could pull me away, was hard work.

The refs are so confused themselves because there's so many rules. It's like, 'Oh my gosh I've never seen this many rules in my life.' And everybody's trying to govern this and justify that.

The more you know about your opponents, the more you learn how to beat them. Where the holes open to run through, blocking schemes, even down to player tendencies and what hand they like to carry the ball with.

It's a bad place when you see sometimes how coaches treat people. I don't even want to say players. I want to say people. They're people before they become a player.

I wasn't the biggest, the fastest, the strongest, and then I bought into something called work ethic.

There's one secret to hitting hard, and that is to completely dedicate your body. That's the difference between a man going forward and a man going backward, no matter how big he is.

Some people take certain things and they try to forget what that pain felt like. I don't. I take that same pain and I chase it every time I walk in a weight room.

Don't walk through life just playing football. Don't walk through life just being an athlete. Athletics will fade. Character and integrity and really making an impact on someone's life, that's the ultimate vision, that's the ultimate goal - bottom line.

I honor God that much in the way I play. That's why I never believe in getting tired. I don't even know what that word means.

Do this research if we don't have a season -- watch how much evil, which we call crime, watch how much crime picks up, if you take away our game.

You never judge a person if they're going through their downs because you always stick with them when they're going through their ups. If you stay in football business long enough, you're going to have some bad games and you're going to have some bad seasons.

The game will fade one day. I realize that success is one thing; impact is another. I live to impact people.

I don't care where we're going; I'm gonna wear a suit all day, every day.

Sometimes I have no idea whats going on

There's some things you can cover up. And there's some things you can't.

It’s simple: when God is for you, who can be against you?

My thing about camp is to come in and be who I am, which is the most dominant player in the game, That's who I am, and that's what I'm here for.

Greatness is a lot of small things done well. Day after day, workout after workout, obedience after obedience, day after day.

You take five fingers. Individually, I can pin any one of them, but if I pin them together (makes a fist), it's damn near impossible to turn this around.

I've got kids that are always watching and I taught them to always finish something you started.

I already believe I am the best linebacker in the game. Now, I have to show one more thing ? that I am the most dominating, influential person in the game and the best football player to ever put on a pair of cleats.

Effort is between you, and you, and nobody elseI'm pissed off for greatness. Cause if you ain't pissed off for greatness, that just means you're okay with being mediocre, and ain't no man in here okay with just basic.

Only a fool trips on what’s behind them.

I think the fans, if you want to actually learn about us, I think you have to go way more intricate than just what you see on TV, because that's whatever they want to report. But it's just so much going on, and when you talk about being in our world you have to understand we're individuals too. We're not just athletes. No, we're fathers, we're sons. So when you put us through a job shortage you take away everything that we built.

Everything I did to get back, if it wasnt for my team, it was for my city. Thats one thing that I bought into from Day One. Im not just here in this city to play football, Im here to actually create real change in this city. If my effort can give you hope, faith or love, then so be it. Ill give everything I have, and today was about me giving everything that I had, showing people that no matter the circumstances that you may be going through, just push through it. If you can push through it, you will encourage somebody. Today, hopefully through what I did today, somebody was uplifted.

Whatever you want to do, go do it.

Any game that you step on, you can get beat.

The journeythe journey, I promise you, is the greatest thing ever. The destination always takes care of itself.

One of the things I've always said is that if you're given the ability to coach kids, then you're really given the ability to be a father or parent of some sort.

Before anything great is really achieved, your comfort zone must be disturbed.

Effort is between you, and you, and nobody else. So that team that thinks it's ready to see you, they think what they've seen on film, they ain't saw what film shows, because every day is a new day. Every moment is a new moment. So now you've got to go out and show them that I'm a different creature now, than I was five minutes ago, cause I'm pissed off for greatness. Cause if you ain't pissed off for greatness, that just means you're okay with being mediocre, and ain't no man in here okay with just basic.

To be the best and stay there sweat is necessary. I'm older. Of course I'm older. That's the beauty of it. Sixteen years plus different level of wisdom. Different level of understanding. Different level of punishment. i want to live loooong after my records have fallen, long after my rings have tarnished. Whatever you got to do to make sure you chase your legacy. Every second of your life. How will you be remembered? How will you be remembered? Why wouldn't you fight for the greatest achievement ever? Leave your mark to endure forever.

I just came out of the gym from three hours this morning. I got five hours of sleep. That's it. Every day of my life, I'm trying to find a different way to get better.

When something goes wrong, smile, cause there's always a next play.

The only way to defeat pain is to recognize pain exists.

Wins and losses come a dime a dozen. But effort? Nobody can judge effort. Effort is between you and you. Effort ain't got nothing to do with nobody else.

If you want to get something done, there is always an alternate route other than cursing somebody and belittling them. There's always an alternate route. If you want to get any message across. Everybody has an opinion, and everybody has their own way of doing things, but the bottom line is that when you affect someone else, you should pay closer attention to how you treat people.

Somebody has to give a wakeup call to our coaching world to ask them real questions and show them that if you have kids, then you know there is no way you can talk to somebody else like that, because that's somebody's child.

I've always said to the refs to not be the ones to decide the game. Let the players dictate the outcome.

We get one opportunity in life, one chance at life to do whatever you're going to do, and lay your foundation and make whatever mark you're going to make. Whatever legacy you're going to leave; leave your legacy!

With the mindset that I give everything I've got for the man that's next to me, not me, cause I know what I got while I'm by myself, but when I step on the field, when I step on the turf, what am I willing to sacrifice?

I prepare so no one can take what is mine, no one can replace my mind, my heart.

You can talk about what you see from the outside; it's hard to tell me who I am when you're just looking at me with a football uniform on. That's a totally different person. That's my job, that's it.

Nobody's more serious about health and fitness than me and staying fit is my top priority, That's why I've teamed up with Medifast to bring my fans a line of products that are packed with everything the body needs to get in better shape and improve their health. I use the products every day as part of my training.

Some of these kids are spending more time with the coaches than they are with their parents. The coach is supposed to be raising these kids, not belittling them and talking to them like the world is coming to an end.

Let your name be worth more than your bank account

One thing about God's will, you can never see God's will before it happens. You can only see at the end of it.

I once said that effort is between you, and you, and nobody else. The same can be true between and individual and their camera. What you're shooting is between you and you and nobody else. Outcomes are for the audience. The action is yours alone.

The only thing that follows work is results.

If tomorrow wasn’t promised, what would you give for today?

We're in a tough place in this world. There are a lot of kids giving up very early. Scripture says it takes a village to raise one child, and that's what these coaches are going to have to go back and understand.

There's no "I" on the football field. We have a total commitment to each other when we're out there. There is no doubt. It doesn't matter. The wins and losses of the game don't resonate with us. What resonates with us is "how much effort would you give for the man next to you."

I don't want to be liked. I want to be respected. Because if you like me you can throw me away too quick. If you respect me, you may not even like what I was wearing, but you'll say, "I respect that."

You have to be careful of people who like to talk a big game but can't back it up.

No weapon formed against me shall prosper

No matter the circumstances that you may be going through, just push through it.

Daddy wasn't there for me, so I had to grind every day.

Even Rod Woodson will tell you his best year he had as a professional was when he was 36 years old. If you think about why, you're much wiser.

Parents may be always working, parents may be in and out. When you're dropping them off with coaches, the first thing kids should be coming back and saying is, 'Mom, guess what I learned today? Guess what coach taught me today?'

What's the difference between you and the man sitting beside you? It's one percent. In my business, only one percent makes it. If everyone had the same dream, only 1 will make it from this crowd. Who will be that one?

Don't let your alarm clock, be the only reason you wake up.

Every day, we've got to do something physical. It's mind, body and spirit.

And that's my honour, that's what my goal is, to always keep my mum's name ringing, because I know what sacrifices she went through for me.

Bottom line, your body is a temple, and you have to treat it that way. That's how God designed it.

Man doesn't dictate what you do or how you do it. If you believe in God, believe in God; have your faith in him. That's where my faith lies.

To come into camp and have my defensive coordinator say you won't be touched, I feel like a kid all over again.

I like to see honesty out of people. People who are trustworthy. I like to see people who are involved with The Lord.

I don't train for sports. I've never trained for sports. I train for life, and sport is just a part of that. So when I start training, that's lifestyle training and that's why I go through so many things, whether it's yoga, kickboxing, wrestling or swimming.

Regardless of how well you can be offensively, if you have a great defense, you can deal with any offense.

You gotta be hungry for it. You’ve got to put everything you got on it. EVERYTHING! Every second. You have to be the first one in line. That’s how leaders are born.

The hardest thing to do is work hard when no one is watching.

When I step on the field, it's on. I know it's time to go to work.

I figured something out. And it is no secret what I figured out. Whatever the majority of people were doing, I found myself doing the opposite. I wanted to chase something great.