Ray Lewis
My mom calls me an older soul because, growing up, she taught me stuff real early. Now I spend most of my time chasing wisdom, chasing understanding.Collection: Wisdom
You got to be willing to walk in a storm. That's what I tell people all the time.Collection: Time
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.Collection: God
I like to see honesty out of people. People who are trustworthy. I like to see people who are involved with The Lord.Collection: Trust
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.Collection: Change
No matter the circumstances that you may be going through, just push through it.
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.
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.
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 I step on the field, it's on. I know it's time to go to work.
I love watching the Serengeti, the way lions live. The only way the king lion loses his crown is by somebody physically defeating him.
I don't train for football; I train more for a lifestyle.
Life is about being a versatile athlete and training in all realms of life.
So, if I give any credit, besides giving all credit to God, for being totally healthy, it's just my workout and how much torture I put my body through in the offseason.
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.
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.
You have to be honest about who you are.
And I love Evander Holyfield to death!
Bottom line, your body is a temple, and you have to treat it that way. That's how God designed it.
Every day, we've got to do something physical. It's mind, body and spirit.
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.
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.
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.
Whatever your path is, that's your path.
I don't know a man on this Earth who can outwork me.
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 don't believe a thing about a curse. I don't understand how we can talk about a curse. You have to remember, God is blessed and man can't curse, no matter how hard they try.
God has never made a mistake. Ever.
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.
You have to be careful of people who like to talk a big game but can't back it up.
I don't care where we're going; I'm gonna wear a suit all day, every day.
I'm a prideful person when it comes to competition.
Because a football game is just sixty minutes, but I'm training six, seven hours in every day. So, going for sixty minutes becomes easy. More importantly, I think that your muscles mature and can move in all different directions.
There's nothing I'm doing to my body that a regular person is not doing to theirs outside of just running into somebody at full speed.
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.
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.
I've got Pacman, Galaga, Galaxian, Daytona 500. Those are the games I grew up playing.
The hardest thing to do is work hard when no one is watching.Collection: Inspirational Life
Greatness is a lot of small things done well. Day after day, workout after workout, obedience after obedience, day after day.Collection: Inspirational
Don't let your alarm clock, be the only reason you wake up.Collection: Inspirational
Before anything great is really achieved, your comfort zone must be disturbed.Collection: Comfort
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!Collection: Inspirational
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.Collection: Determination
Let your name be worth more than your bank accountCollection: Names
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.Collection: Loss
If tomorrow wasn’t promised, what would you give for today?Collection: Giving
I wasn't the biggest, the fastest, the strongest, and then I bought into something called work ethic.Collection: Work Ethic
Effort is between you and you.Collection: Effort
Never be comfortable.... .with just good enough.Collection: Good Enough
Success is one thing, impact is anotherCollection: Impact