“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.”— Ray Lewis, mensjournal.comTagged: Football
“I don't know a man on this Earth who can outwork me.”— Ray Lewis, mensjournal.comTagged: Work, Dedication
“As men we are built a certain way—to not share our feelings. Most of these guys I play with have pain they won't share with nobody, so what I do is share mine first. I tell them a little bit of what I've been through. That kind of breaks them down. And once you've discussed these things, it opens up…”— Ray Lewis, mensjournal.comTagged: Trust, Masculinity
“I asked my mom for a deck of cards. She said, ‘Boy, you know I don't allow no gambling.’ I was like, ‘Ma, it ain't about that.’ I would go into my room—I lived in the garage at the time—and flip the deck up. If the card was a six, I'd do six push-ups. Then if the next card was a face card, I'd do 10…”— Ray Lewis, mensjournal.comTagged: workouts, Football
“My stepfather was a very abusive person. He used to put bruises on my mom's face, and I still have a scar on my forehead from when I got thrown into a bed rail. When I was nine, we had gotten into an altercation with him, and I told my mom, ‘One day you will never have to worry about a man hitting y…”— Ray Lewis, mensjournal.comTagged: Domestic Violence, Family Violence