Ray Lewis Quotes

Greatness is a lot of small things done well. Day after day, workout after workout, obedience after obedience, day after day.

The hardest thing to do is work hard when no one is watching.

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.

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.

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.

Before anything great is really achieved, your comfort zone must be disturbed.

Don't let your alarm clock, be the only reason you wake up.

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.

Let your name be worth more than your bank account

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!

If tomorrow wasn’t promised, what would you give for today?

When you see tears in my eyes, you see it's not about the wins or the losses, It's about the opportunity.

I prepare so no one can take what is mine, no one can replace my mind, my heart.

I wasn't the biggest, the fastest, the strongest, and then I bought into something called work ethic.

What makes you grind? You have to always be chasing something.

Success is one thing, impact is another

There's some things you can cover up. And there's some things you can't.

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.

I didn't like where I once was, so I promised myself I wouldn't be back there.

Don’t waste talent. No matter what you do, don’t waste talent.

You 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.

The game will fade one day. I realize that success is one thing; impact is another. I live to impact people.

What's the difference between you and the man sitting beside you? It's one percent. In my business, only one percent makes it. If everyone had the same dream, only 1 will make it from this crowd. Who will be that one?

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.

When something goes wrong, smile, cause there's always a next play.

You got to be willing to walk in a storm. That's what I tell people all the time.

There's no "I" on the football field. We have a total commitment to each other when we're out there. There is no doubt. It doesn't matter. The wins and losses of the game don't resonate with us. What resonates with us is "how much effort would you give for the man next to you."

If you want to get something done, there is always an alternate route other than cursing somebody and belittling them. There's always an alternate route. If you want to get any message across. Everybody has an opinion, and everybody has their own way of doing things, but the bottom line is that when you affect someone else, you should pay closer attention to how you treat people.

I'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.

Never be comfortable.... .with just good enough.

The only way to defeat pain is to recognize pain exists.

Greatness is a lot of small things done well, stacked up on each other.

I like to see honesty out of people. People who are trustworthy. I like to see people who are involved with The Lord.

Effort is between you and you.

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.

Every day of my life, I'm trying to find a different way to get better.

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.

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.

The only thing that follows work is results.

Man believes in the possible, but God believes in the impossible.

Effort is between you, and you, and nobody elseI'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.

All the cops are just workers for the one percent, and they don't even realize they're being exploited.

Bottom line, your body is a temple, and you have to treat it that way. That's how God designed it.

You don't care if I'm guilty or not. You gonna make sure I go to jail for life.

Nobody’s as serious about health and fitness as me, and staying fit is my top priority.

No matter the circumstances that you may be going through, just push through it.

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.

You have to be careful of people who like to talk a big game but can't back it up.

To be the best and stay there, sweat is necessary.

I don't care where we're going; I'm gonna wear a suit all day, every day.