Ed Reed

“We need more of our young youth graduating from college trying to get their education, and trying to be contributing members, positive contributing members to the community.”

“That's what being a human is about, leaving this place better than we got it.”

“I know the hustle that is in Louisiana. Knowing where you are from, really where you're from, helps you to help the community. That's every city, but New Orleans is just different. We have big hearts, but it's just a matter of us having the information, having the people to push you along like I had.”

“I'm not the kind of person to hold my tongue.”

“I look at the quarterback and the receivers. You look at the quarterback, the formation. I focus on the passing game and react on the running game. You look at it over and over, then sooner or later, it becomes like a movie. You ever notice how you quote movies? That's all film watching is.”

“We always said it's not suit-and-tie on the football field.”

“There's only so many guys on a football team that really have a voice. So anytime you have a microphone, you should use it for the betterment of humanity, for the betterment of this country, for the betterment of our kids coming up behind us, for the future of the world. Why not? Make the world a better place.”

“I'm always excited about life.”

“Not every game is going to be perfect. Not every game is going to be an interception or two or a big-bang tackle, so to say.”

“We tend to want to stay here in Louisiana as Louisiana people. We've just got to be mindful that there are other things out there, and we really need to open our kids' minds to get them to go to college. Get them to get away. Then come back and help the next ones behind us.”

“There's a reason why, outside of me dropping a few, people don't throw my way, man.”

“I love to have my football camps. I love being a part of that.”

“There's not many people - only really the great ones - who realize what they were born to do.”

“We're all going to have our trials and tribulations, but you can work through them and everything will be all right.”

“I want to be the best, but it comes with a lot of work. And it can be pressure if you put it on yourself in that way. But if I keep going the way I'm going, and with the good Lord guiding me the way he's been guiding me, and the way I let him take control of my life, the sky is the limit.”

“I was very proud to hear that my friend Andre Johnson was like, 'Man, I'm going back to school.' I was so excited because, yeah you have great talent. You do everything on Sundays, you do everything on the field, but you went to college, and I'm not saying that you forgot about it, but that was on your mind when you first went.”

“I always know how to play this game. It's about being smart.”

“I was a San Francisco fan when Joe Montana and Ronnie Lott and those guys where there. And I watched Joe Montana get cut and go to K.C. and still ball.”

“When I'm on the football field, I'm giving you everything. Do the Ravens know that? Yes they do.”

“God has blessed me with the ability to play football.”