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.
You are not judged by the height you have risen, but from the depth you have climbed.
What you become is far more important that what you get. What you get will be influenced by what you become.
When you learn to keep fighting in the face of potential failure, it gives you a larger skill set to do what you want to do in life. It gives you vision. But you can't acquire it if you're afraid of keeping score.
There is no heavier burden than an unfulfilled potential.
My dad used to wake me up at 5:30 in the morning and hit me ground balls and tell me, 'Don't be afraid to excel. Don't be afraid to be great.'
Do not wait for anybody or anything. Do whatever you can. Build your hope on none.
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