Unleashing Greatness: The Ultimate Collection of Inspirational Quotes by Ray Lewis

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

- 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

"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

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

- Ray Lewis

"Do whatever you got to do to make sure you chase your legacy every second of your life."

- 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

"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

"Everything I did to get back, if it wasn’t for my team, it was for my city. That’s the one thing that I bought into from day one. I’m not just here in this city to play football. I’m here to actually create real change in this city. If my effort can give you hope, faith or love, then so be it. I’ll give everything I have, and today was about me giving everything that I had, showing people that no matter the circumstances you may be going through, just push through it. If you can push through it, you will encourage somebody. Today, hopefully, through what I did, somebody was uplifted."

- Ray Lewis

"I don't know a man on this Earth who can outwork me."

- Ray Lewis

"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, 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, and ain’t no man in here okay with just basic."

- Ray Lewis

"I just came out of the gym from three hours this morning. I got five hours of sleep. That’s it. Every day of my life, I’m trying to find a different way to get better."

- 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

"Will you be remembered, how would you be remembered, why wouldn’t you fight for the greatest achievement ever?"

- Ray Lewis

"Success is one thing, impact is another"

- Ray Lewis

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

- 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

"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 am to go to work The day I lose a step is the day I lose love for the game."

- Ray Lewis

"My thing about camp is to come in and be who I am, which is the most dominant player in the game, … That’s who I am, and that’s what I’m here for."

- Ray Lewis

"Let them see something they’ve never seen before, and when something goes wrong, smile, cause there’s always a next play."

- Ray Lewis

"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."

- Ray Lewis

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

- 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

"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

"I don't train for football; I train more for a lifestyle."

- Ray Lewis

"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."

- 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

"Whatever you want to do, go do it."

- Ray Lewis

"The only thing that could pull me away, was hard work."

- Ray Lewis

"You can’t take no breaks."

- Ray Lewis

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

- Ray Lewis

"Sports was a way out. It taught me complete discipline. It taught me how to dial-in."

- Ray Lewis

"Daddy wasn’t there for me, so I had to GRIND every day."

- Ray Lewis

"The people I’ve met are willing to sacrifice for you. You won’t find a lot of people in this world that will do that."

- Ray Lewis

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

- Ray Lewis

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

- Ray Lewis

"The day you think you can beat me, show me. Then move on to the next challenge."

- Ray Lewis

"All I know is grind."

- Ray Lewis

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

- Ray Lewis

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

- Ray Lewis

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

- 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

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

- Ray Lewis

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

- 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’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 loooong after my records have fallen, long after my rings have tarnished."

- Ray Lewis

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

- 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

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

- 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

"My pain is my badge of honor."

- 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

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

- Ray Lewis

"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."

- 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

"Walter (Payton) and Jerry (Rice) had their hills, never being comfortable, with just good enough."

- Ray Lewis

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

- Ray Lewis

"I called Ozzie two days after I got hurt and said, ‘Don’t put me on IR.’ He was like, ‘What do you mean?’ I said, ‘Trust me, I will be back.’"

- 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

"I didn’t see it, not at all. Like I said, if you are going to play a football game, don’t be a coward and wait until you make one play and do something. Just play football. His celebration doesn’t mean anything."

- Ray Lewis

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

- 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

"Nobody’s more serious about health and fitness than me and staying fit is my top priority, … That’s why I’ve teamed up with Medifast … to bring my fans a line of products that are packed with everything the body needs to get in better shape and improve their health. I use the products every day as part of my training."

- Ray Lewis