When you see tears in my eyes, you see it's not about the wins or the losses, It's about the opportunity.
Ray LewisRead
If tomorrow wasn’t promised, what would you give for today?
Interpretation
This quote encourages appreciation for the present moment and underscores the uncertainty of the future.
Ray Lewis prompts us to value each day as if it were our last, suggesting that the way we approach today will reflect our priorities and desires in life. By questioning what we would sacrifice for the present, he invites us to reflect on how we spend our time and to make intentional choices that align with our true passions and goals.
In practice
In a motivational speech about living life to the fullest.
When you see tears in my eyes, you see it's not about the wins or the losses, It's about the opportunity.
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?
Effort is between you, and you, and nobody elseI'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.
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.
I don't train for football; I train more for a lifestyle.
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.
Action often precedes the feeling.
The biggest challenge in business is not the competition, it's what goes on inside your own head
Every rejection is incremental payment on your dues that in some way will be translated back into your work.
People will always be around to tell you you're no good or you're wrong or unwise to keep doing what you want to do. They're wrong. They're always wrong. Keep going.
Commitment is a big part of what I am and what I believe. How committed are you to winning? How committed are you to being a good friend? To being trustworthy? To being successful? How committed are you to being a good father, a good teammate, a good role model? There's that moment every morning when you look in the mirror: Are you committed, or are you not?
I may not be where I want to be, but thank God I am not where I used to be.
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