Ray Lewis Quotes

I honor God that much in the way I play. That's why I never believe in getting tired. I don't even know what that word means.

— 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

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

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

— 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

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

— Ray Lewis

Life is about being a versatile athlete and training in all realms of life.

— Ray Lewis

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

— Ray Lewis

“I'm a prideful person when it comes to competition.”

— 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

“I've got Pacman, Galaga, Galaxian, Daytona 500. Those are the games I grew up playing.”

— 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

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

— Ray Lewis

“Success is one thing, impact is another”

— Ray Lewis

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

— Ray Lewis

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

— Ray Lewis

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

— Ray Lewis

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

— Ray Lewis

“Everything I got, I'm willing to sacrifice”

— Ray Lewis

The only thing that follows work is results.

— Ray Lewis

There'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 Lewis

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

— Ray Lewis

“It's simple: when God is for you, who can be against you?”

— Ray Lewis

“Effort is between you and you.”

— Ray Lewis

“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.”

— Ray Lewis

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

— Ray Lewis

“Sometimes I have no idea whats going on”

— Ray Lewis

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

— Ray Lewis

With the mindset that I give everything I've got for the man that's next to me, not me, cause I know what I got while I'm by myself, but when I step on the field, when I step on the turf, what am I willing to sacrifice?

— Ray Lewis

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

— Ray Lewis

“You don't have to win it, just don't lose it.”

— Ray Lewis

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

— Ray Lewis

“The journeythe journey, I promise you, is the greatest thing ever. The destination always takes care of itself.”

— Ray Lewis

“Once 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.”

— Ray Lewis

“Do whatever you gotta do to chase your legacy every second of your life.”

— Ray Lewis

“To come into camp and have my defensive coordinator say you won't be touched, I feel like a kid all over again.”

— Ray Lewis

“My game is me. I didn't try to pattern my game after nobody.”

— Ray Lewis

In an era that's run on free agency, everybody's going where the dollars are. They go after the dollars and they forget that the game will always come down to brotherhood.

— Ray Lewis

“The refs are so confused themselves because there's so many rules. It's like, 'Oh my gosh I've never seen this many rules in my life.' And everybody's trying to govern this and justify that.”

— Ray Lewis

I love passion. I love for a coach to be passionate.

— Ray Lewis

Parents 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 Lewis

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.

— Ray Lewis

“Coaching is something I've been a part of my entire life. One of the things I've always been very passionate ...”

— Ray Lewis

One 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 Lewis

“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.”

— Ray Lewis

“Any game that you step on, you can get beat.”

— Ray Lewis

“I'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 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

“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 Lewis

“I'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 Lewis