Ray Lewis Quotes

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, than 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.

I'm chasing perfection.

If you're not the best in the world at what you do, then you have to get better.

My entire purpose is trying to be the best in the game, and if that exudes beauty too, that's pretty powerful.

It took a lot of work to be perfect.

I love to be challenged, and I'm never sitting comfortable in the mediocrity chair.

Mediocrity scares me. It's the fear of not being as good as you want to be. If you give over to that fear, it will sabotage you. As much as I can, I try to use that fear to guide me.

Looking for perfection is the only way to motivate yourself.

I'm not easily satisfied with things. I always want to do better. I always want to improve. I always want to grow.

I'm the type of person that always strives to be great.

Perfection is impossible, but you don't stop aiming for it.

I just want to do the best I can every time.

One should assiduously pursue perfection without ever claiming to attain it.

Some people chase money. Some people chase fame. Some chase greatness - and that's what I'm trying to do.

Don't settle for mediocrity; never let good enough be good enough.

If you don't seek perfection, you can never reach excellence.

The thing I'm not good with is mediocrity, when someone isn't really trying to reach something.

It's about being the very best you can be. Nothing else matters as long as you're working and striving to be your best. Always compete. It's truly that simple. Find the way to do your best. Compete in everything you do.

My hunger is not for success, it is for excellence. Because when you attain excellence, success just naturally follows.

Aspire, break bounds. Endeavor to be good, and better still, best.

Greatness is not the effect of which inspiration is the cause. We are all inspired, but we are all not great.

Be great at what you do, and don't ever settle for mediocrity or else you will always wonder how great you could have been.

Don't waste your time striving for perfection; instead, strive for excellence - doing your best.

If we remove desire to be better, we become mediocre.

It's always about wanting to one-up myself from the day before. There's never an absolute 100% perfect performance, but going out and striving for that perfect performance is what keeps me going.