Ray Lewis
Ray Lewis
Raymond Anthony Lewis Jr.is a former American football linebacker who played his entire 17-year career for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League. He played college football for the University of Miami, and earned All-America honors. Drafted by the Ravens in the first round of the 1996, Lewis was the last active player from the team's inaugural season...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth15 May 1975
CityBartow, FL
CountryUnited States of America
Every day, we've got to do something physical. It's mind, body and spirit.
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.
Pain is only temporary, no matter how long it lasts.
You got to be willing to walk in a storm. That's what I tell people all the time.
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.
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.
I've always said to the refs to not be the ones to decide the game. Let the players dictate the outcome.
Before anything great is really achieved, your comfort zone must be disturbed.
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.
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.
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.
What makes you grind? You have to always be chasing something.
When something goes wrong, smile, cause there's always a next play.
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.