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“Baltimore, I love that city.”
“Football was easy.”
“Football is a reaction sport.”
“It's tough for kids to stay focused if they don't have something to get them off the streets... that's where the kids can get into the bad things.”
“The fact of the matter is that people don't understand that football players are regular people just like them. And half of them don't understand the business. And most of them just want you to entertain them.”
“Football has always been a contact sport, and it's always going to be a violent sport, and there are going to be repercussions from that. But every player that ever played this game and will play this game, they're signing up for it.”
“When I was in Baltimore, it was all about raising me and not having players come in and out of there. It was about raising men, and there was a reason why it built up to the success.”
“The old G's, or the gangsters, turned me away from the street because they knew my dad, and they had a lot of respect for my dad, but because I was an athlete.”
“Everybody in the world knows that plans tend to change.”
“My philosophy was simple. I was trying to score when I got the football in my hand. There was no question about that.”
“Pretty much just stay humble. And continue to work hard and let the game come to me and try not to make even more plays or jump plays. Just let the game come to me and play my defense and my responsibility.”
“Sometimes I wake up and I think, where did my memory go? But at the same time, I signed up for it. Football has been like that for a long time, for ages.”
“I love this game, and I put my heart and soul into it.”
“I always will be a Raven. That's where I was kind of raised in the NFL. I did a lot of growing, and we did a lot of special things. That's something that can never be taken away, and it never will. There's a lot of love there.”
“The relationships I have in Baltimore will never change.”
“When you play sports, when you're on a team with people from different walks of life, and you have to look after each other and count on each other, race and all that stuff goes out the window when you are in the locker room.”
“Baltimore is my heart. The fans are family.”
“When I make a tackle or make a play and I have a slight pain or something, you're going to react the way you react.”
“I wasn't about one season, but career and longevity.”
“Stay in school because education provides you with an opportunity. Opportunity is all you can ask for.”