118 Ray Lewis Quotes From The American Football Linebacker

“Appreciate those who love you, help those who need you, forgive those who hurt you and forget those who left you.” – Ray Lewis

“My goals were clear. My actions were in line with that goal.” – Ray Lewis

“Do whatever you got to do to make sure you chase your legacy every second in your life.” – Ray Lewis

“Don’t let your alarm clock, be the only reason you wake up.” – Ray Lewis

“Forget everything else. Forget that there was any sunlight left. What would you spend today thinking about.” – Ray Lewis

“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.” – Ray Lewis

“The reflective mode of life, of everything that I had ever been through, everything, it made sense.” – Ray Lewis

“I’ve got kids that are always watching and I taught them to always finish something you started.” – Ray Lewis

“If you knew, if you really knew the way God works, he don’t use people who commits anything like that for his glory. No way. It’s the total opposite.” – Ray Lewis

“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.” – Ray Lewis

“To be the best and stay there, sweat is necessary.” – Ray Lewis

“Some people think that to be strong is to never feel pain. In reality, the strongest people are the ones who feel it, try to understand it, accept it and get through it.” – Ray Lewis

“I saw all of it, but only thing that kept me around it’s my effort.” – Ray Lewis

“I would prefer to talk about what I think, not what I felt.” – Ray Lewis

“Now I spend most of my time chasing wisdom, chasing understanding.” – Ray Lewis

“I don’t know a man on this Earth who can outwork me.” – Ray Lewis

“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!” – Ray Lewis

“Nobody’s as serious about health and fitness as me, and staying fit is my top priority.” – Ray Lewis

“Before anything great is really achieved, your comfort zone must be disturbed.” – Ray Lewis

“Whatever legacy you’re going to leave; leave your legacy!” – Ray Lewis

“Effort is between you and you.” – Ray Lewis

“Don’t quit. Every difficulty is an opportunity in disguise!” – Ray Lewis

“The only way to defeat pain is to recognize pain exists.” – Ray Lewis

“When you think about Peyton Manning, you think about numbers. When you think about Tom Brady, you think about championships.” – Ray Lewis

“What’s the difference between you and the man sitting beside you? It’s 1%. In my business, only 1% makes it. If everyone had the same dream, only 1 will make it from this crowd. Who will be that one?” – Ray Lewis

“Recycle your pain.” – Ray Lewis

“Success is one thing, impact is another.” – Ray Lewis

“Whatever you want to do, go do it.” – Ray Lewis

“What if we do the impossible? … If I miss anything about my career, it will be to listen to what people say you can’t do and then go do it.” – Ray Lewis

“Before I lead any other man into anything I’m willing to take the hard falls myself but also come back and share the pains that came from it.” – Ray Lewis

“I was willing to put in the work.” – Ray Lewis

“My experience tells me that well over 50%, well over, of people who volunteer for anything, the attrition rate is that high.” – Ray Lewis

“Every day, we’ve got to do something physical. It’s mind, body and spirit.” – Ray Lewis

“You got to be willing to walk in a storm. That’s what I tell people all the time.” – Ray Lewis

“What makes you grind? You have to always be chasing something.” – Ray Lewis

“Stop worrying. Stop stressing. When you get on your knees for God, He will stand up for you!” – Ray Lewis

“Life is about being a versatile athlete and training in all realms of life.” – Ray Lewis

“I don’t train for football; I train more for a lifestyle.” – Ray Lewis

“You have to be careful of people who like to talk a big game but can’t back it up.” – Ray Lewis

“Nothing surprises me, Jennette, so we can dispense with that.” – Ray Lewis

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

“You take five fingers. Individually, I can pin any one of them, but if I pin them together, it’s damn near impossible to turn this around.” – Ray Lewis

“You have to get back to being kids again. You can’t never get tired. I have something burning inside me. I am a kid all over again.” – Ray Lewis

“In the moment I got the jacket, life settled.” – Ray Lewis

“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 long after my records have fallen, long after my rings have tarnished.” – Ray Lewis

“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.” – Ray Lewis

“I love passion. I love for a coach to be passionate.” – Ray Lewis

“Never be comfortable with just good enough.” – Ray Lewis

“It’s not about perfect. It’s about effort. And when you implement that effort into your life… Every single day, that’s where transformation happens. That’s how change occurs. Keep going. Remember why you started.” – Ray Lewis

“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.” – Ray Lewis

“The hardest thing to do is work hard when no one is watching.” – Ray Lewis

“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.” – Ray Lewis

“My pain is my badge of honor.” – Ray Lewis

“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.” – Ray Lewis

“No matter the circumstances that you may be going through, just push through it.” – Ray Lewis

“There is only one way to win, one way to play. All out, all the time.” – Ray Lewis

“It’s simple: when God is for you, who can be against you?” – Ray Lewis

“So the way we feel, somebody gonna feel like that tomorrow, and somebody gonna feel like that in a week. That’s a fact.” – Ray Lewis

“Man believes in the possible, but God believes in the impossible.” – Ray Lewis

“You’re carrying a legacy, You’re carrying greatness. And greatness is a lot of small things done well. Day after day. Workout after workout. Obedience after obedience.” – Ray Lewis

“God has never made a mistake. Ever.” – Ray Lewis

“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.” – Ray Lewis

“If tomorrow wasn’t promised, what would you give for today?” – Ray Lewis

“Satan’s biggest fear is for you to become everything that God created you to be. This is why he has tried everything to make you lose focus… Don’t.” – Ray Lewis

“You bet. We owe the Titans. I remember the good old days when I would blow up Eddie George with a big hit. Now, they’ve got another running back with two first names, Travis Henry, whom I plan on blowing up in the same manner.” – Ray Lewis

“You can either make the play or you can watch the play be made.” – Ray Lewis

“Never give up, my legacy.” – Ray Lewis

“When something goes wrong, smile, cause there’s always a next play.” – Ray Lewis

“My game is me. I didn’t try to pattern my game after nobody.” – Ray Lewis

“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.” – Ray Lewis

“And that’s my honor, 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 Lewis

“You have to be honest about who you are.” – Ray Lewis

“Do you. Don’t do it to be liked. Do it to be respected.” – Ray Lewis

“The love that’s out there in that stadium and the love that this city has for me and the respect that these players have for me—it’s overwhelming.” – Ray Lewis

“There’s a spirit that grabs me, and it’s in every one of you guys, but the question is, how much time are we wasting?” – Ray Lewis

“In any war who pulls their general out? No one.” – Ray Lewis

“My thing… is to come in and be who I am, which is the most dominant player in the game.” – Ray Lewis

“My mom calls me an older soul because, growing up, she taught me stuff real early.” – Ray Lewis

“That’s once again the same people who told me I was too small, the same people who said I couldn’t win a super bowl with our offense, the same people who said I couldn’t play in a 3-4… Are they with me when I get up every morning at 6:30 to go to work? The day I lose a step is the day I lose love for the ...

... game.” – Ray Lewis

“I don’t care where we’re going; I’m gonna wear a suit all day, every day.” – Ray Lewis

“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.” – Ray Lewis

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

“Man believes in the possible, God believes in the impossible.” – Ray Lewis

“Greatness is a lot of small things done well, stacked up on each other. Day after day. Workout after workout.” – Ray Lewis

“I’m a prideful person when it comes to competition.” – Ray Lewis

“Pain is only temporary, no matter how long it lasts.” – Ray Lewis

“Nobody dictates what time I get up in the morning but me.” – Ray Lewis

“When God tells you something, believe in him. Listen to me, no matter the journey—too many ups and downs but when you believe in me.” – Ray Lewis

“Will you be remembered, how would you be remembered, why wouldn’t you fight for the greatest achievement ever?” – Ray Lewis

“In any war, you put your back to mine, I put my back to yours, and let’s do what we gotta do.” – Ray Lewis

“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.” – Ray Lewis

“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.” – Ray Lewis

“Every day of my life I’m trying to find a different way to get better.” – Ray Lewis

“I like to see honesty out of people. People who are trustworthy. I like to see people who are involved with The Lord.” – Ray Lewis

“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.” – Ray Lewis

“Bottom line, your body is a temple and you have to treat it that way. That’s how God designed it.” – Ray Lewis

“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.” – Ray Lewis

“I just came out of the gym from three hours this morning. I got five hours of sleep. That’s it.” – Ray Lewis

“You’ve got to go out and show them that I’m a different creature now, then 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.” – Ray Lewis

“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.” – Ray Lewis

“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.” – Ray Lewis

“The greatest opportunity in the world is found here today… We already know what yesterday has got for us. It’s already gone. Tomorrow, too far away. What about right now!” – Ray Lewis

“Wins and losses come a dime a dozen. But effort? Nobody can judge that. Because effort is between you and you.” – Ray Lewis

“I prepare so no one can take what is mine, no one can replace my mind, my heart.” – Ray Lewis

“The day you think you can beat me, show me. Then move on to the next challenge.” – Ray Lewis

“The only thing that could pull me away, was hard work.” – Ray Lewis

“Don’t waste talent. No matter what you do, don’t waste talent.” – Ray Lewis

“I ride my bicycle all the time. There’s one thing about my bicycle. I’m riding, I’m riding, I’m riding. And no matter how tired I start to get, it’s never about this pedal I’m pedaling, it’s about the next pedal, and if you can get to that next one, your bike will keep moving.” – Ray Lewis

“That final home game, man, it was something.” – Ray Lewis

“If you ask me about my qualifications what I would say to you is that I am qualified by virtue of experience.” – Ray Lewis

“You will be aware that mentoring arises out of a particular theory on human development, but it has never been articulated in such a way that there are recognized qualifications.” – Ray Lewis

“Without praying every day there is no journey, there is no destination. It’s only one way you make it to the next level. You’ve got to put it all together.” – Ray Lewis

“I love sports. I love all sports. But this ain’t volleyball. Like, you actually can touch somebody in this sport.” – Ray Lewis

“I am suggesting that all things can be supplemented and complemented. I believe that my contribution is contained both within the UEL manual, which in fact I was partly responsible for constructing.” – Ray Lewis

“So now you’ve got to go out and show them that I’m a different creature now, than I was five minutes ago…” – Ray Lewis

“It has nothing to do with talent, and everything to do with effort! Wins and losses come a dime a dozen. But effort? Nobody can judge that. Because effort is between you and you.” – Ray Lewis

“Grinding is my rest.” – Ray Lewis

“With everything that we went through, the up and down roller coaster all year, the injuries and things we went through. We dealt with so much the entire year.” – Ray Lewis