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.
Ray LewisI love watching the Serengeti, the way lions live. The only way the king lion loses his crown is by somebody physically defeating him.
Ray LewisI 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.
Ray LewisIf 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.
Ray LewisIf 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.
Ray LewisParents 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?'
Ray LewisWho 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.
Ray LewisNobody'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.
Ray LewisI 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.
Ray LewisIt'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.
Ray LewisOne thing about God's will, you can never see God's will before it happens. You can only see at the end of it.
Ray LewisOne 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.
Ray LewisI 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.
Ray LewisYou 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.
Ray LewisSome 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.
Ray LewisI've been a fan of video games since the old school, I even have a lot of the old school arcade games at my house.
Ray LewisYou 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.
Ray LewisI wasn't the biggest, the fastest, the strongest, and then I bought into something called work ethic.
Ray LewisYou 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.
Ray LewisI've never stopped loving the game since day one. If it were a job to me it would be very hard for me to get up in the morning. And why leave something that you can never come back to? Realistically, whether you accept it or not, you only get one wave in this journey. Run at it as hard as you can.
Ray LewisAnd 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.
Ray LewisWhen you think about Peyton Manning, you think about numbers. When you think about Tom Brady, you think about championships
Ray LewisWe 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!
Ray LewisWill you be remembered, how would you be remembered, why wouldn’t you fight for the greatest achievement ever?
Ray LewisThere'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?
Ray LewisI've always had a problem with the things that people would say out of their mouths to other people. I've always had a problem with that, because a lot of people, they don't have enough information to speak to people a certain way or speak about people a certain way.
Ray LewisParents 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.
Ray LewisOnce 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.
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