Once the game begins, I play to that song in my head. I run to rhythm, and that allows my mind to be free.

Knowledge relaxes me. Football is all about playing faster. You play faster when you know more.

My vision is my best attribute. I can see everything.

I'm not a big power-and-strength guy, but I have a lot of balance, and I can take hits and stay on my feet. I control myself real good, shift my weight, and run real low. I do things that people haven't seen some of the running backs in the league do.

I'd not only be cheating myself, but I'd be cheating my teammates if I continued to make the money that I was making and wasn't producing or putting out to the level of payment that I was receiving. That's just me.

Today, the Ravens answered: What is our identity? 'We are the same old team. We can play the same style of football.

Ozzie Newsome hit a home run by drafting Bernard Pierce. He is a great compliment to Ray Rice.