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 LEWISWins 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.
More Ray Lewis Quotes
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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.
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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.
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I’ve got kids that are always watching and I taught them to always finish something you started.
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The game will fade one day. I realize that success is one thing; impact is another. I live to impact people.
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No weapon formed against me shall prosper.
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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.
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When you see tears in my eyes, you see it’s not about the wins or the losses, It’s about the opportunity.
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Adversity defines true character.
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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.
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I’ve always said to the refs to not be the ones to decide the game. Let the players dictate the outcome.
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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.
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Never be comfortable with just good enough.
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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.
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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.
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The locker room talk is always that about who can beat who.
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