Top 120 Ray Lewis Quotes (2023 Update)

1. “My pain is my badge of honor.”

— Ray Lewis

2. “The hardest thing to do is work hard when no one is watching.”

— Ray Lewis

3. “All I know is grind.”

— Ray Lewis

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

— Ray Lewis

5. “If tomorrow wasn’t promised, what would you give for today?”

— Ray Lewis

6. “Wins and losses come a dime a dozen. But effort? Nobody can judge that. Because effort is between you and you.”

— Ray Lewis

7. “I’m pissed off for greatness. Because if you ain’t pissed off for greatness, that just means you’re okay with being mediocre.”

— Ray Lewis

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

— Ray Lewis

9. “Greatness is a lot of small things done well. Day after day, workout after workout, obedience after obedience, day after day.”

— Ray Lewis

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

— Ray Lewis

11. “Don’t waste talent. No matter what you do, don’t waste talent.”

— Ray Lewis

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

— Ray Lewis

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

— Ray Lewis

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

— Ray Lewis

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

— Ray Lewis

16. “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

17. “Man believes in the possible, God believes in the possible.”

— Ray Lewis

18. “What makes you grind? You have to always be chasing something.”

— Ray Lewis

19. “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

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

— Ray Lewis

21. “Effort is between you and you.”

— Ray Lewis

22. “Pain is only temporary, no matter how long it lasts.”

— Ray Lewis

23. “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

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

— Ray Lewis

25. “I don’t know a man on this Earth who can outwork me.”

— Ray Lewis

26. “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 Lewis

27. “You can’t take no breaks.”

— Ray Lewis

28. “Adversity defines true character.”

— Ray Lewis

29. “Only a fool trips on what’s behind them.”

— Ray Lewis

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

— Ray Lewis

31. “God has never made a mistake. Ever.”

— Ray Lewis

32. “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

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

— Ray Lewis

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

— Ray Lewis

35. “Let your name be worth more than your bank account.”

— Ray Lewis

36. “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

37. “I wasn’t the biggest, the fastest, the strongest, and then I bought into something called work ethic.”

— Ray Lewis

38. “The only thing that follows work is results.”

— Ray Lewis

39. “Everything I got, I’m willing to sacrifice.”

— Ray Lewis

40. “Whatever your path is, that’s your path.”

— Ray Lewis

41. “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.”

— Ray Lewis

42. “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

43. “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.”

— Ray Lewis

44. “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

45. “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.”

— Ray Lewis

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

— Ray Lewis

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

— Ray Lewis

48. “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

49. “What’s the difference between you and the man sitting beside you? It’s one percent. In my business, only one percent makes it. If everyone had the same dream, only 1 will make it from this crowd. Who will be that one?”

— Ray Lewis

50. “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