No matter the circumstances that you may be going through, just push through it.
Ray Lewis
Bottom line, your body is a temple, and you have to treat it that way. That's how God designed it.
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.
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.
I like to see honesty out of people. People who are trustworthy. I like to see people who are involved with The Lord.
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.
You have to be careful of people who like to talk a big game but can't back it up.
Life is about being a versatile athlete and training in all realms of life.
I love watching the Serengeti, the way lions live. The only way the king lion loses his crown is by somebody physically defeating him.
When I step on the field, it's on. I know it's time to go to work.
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.
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.
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.
I don't know a man on this Earth who can outwork me.
There's nothing I'm doing to my body that a regular person is not doing to theirs outside of just running into somebody at full speed.
Because a football game is just sixty minutes, but I'm training six, seven hours in every day. So, going for sixty minutes becomes easy. More importantly, I think that your muscles mature and can move in all different directions.
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.
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.
Every day, we've got to do something physical. It's mind, body and spirit.
I don't care where we're going; I'm gonna wear a suit all day, every day.
If 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.
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.
God has never made a mistake. Ever.
I've got Pacman, Galaga, Galaxian, Daytona 500. Those are the games I grew up playing.
And 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.
You 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.
You have to be honest about who you are.
You got to be willing to walk in a storm. That's what I tell people all the time.
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.
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.
Even Rod Woodson will tell you his best year he had as a professional was when he was 36 years old. If you think about why, you're much wiser.
And I love Evander Holyfield to death!
My mom calls me an older soul because, growing up, she taught me stuff real early. Now I spend most of my time chasing wisdom, chasing understanding.
Whatever your path is, that's your path.
I'm a prideful person when it comes to competition.
I don't train for football; I train more for a lifestyle.
I don't believe a thing about a curse. I don't understand how we can talk about a curse. You have to remember, God is blessed and man can't curse, no matter how hard they try.
