Not every game is going to be perfect. Not every game is going to be an interception or two or a big-bang… — Ed Reed Copy Share Image
I know everybody wants to make it to the NFL, but it doesn't happen like that. — Ed Reed Copy Share Image
When I'm on the football field, I'm giving you everything. Do the Ravens know that? Yes they do. — Ed Reed Copy Share Image
I am going to graduate school, but that ain't got nothing to do with football. — Ed Reed Copy Share Image
My philosophy was simple. I was trying to score when I got the football in my hand. There was no question about… — Ed Reed Copy Share Image
I can't be lackadaisical when it's time for me to make any play, whether it's a tackle, fumble recovery, anything that it… — Ed Reed Copy Share Image
The only way we protect ourselves, the only way a player gets what he wants is by holding out. — Ed Reed Copy Share Image
It wasn't about accolades, but showing that I was bred and predestined to be one of best football players to come into… — Ed Reed Copy Share Image
When you play sports, when you're on a team with people from different walks of life, and you have to look after… — Ed Reed Copy Share Image
Football has always been a contact sport, and it's always going to be a violent sport, and there are going to be… — Ed Reed Copy Share Image
Sometimes I wake up and I think, where did my memory go? But at the same time, I signed up for it.… — Ed Reed Copy Share Image
The fact of the matter is that people don't understand that football players are regular people just like them. And half of… — Ed Reed Copy Share Image
I know I have the abilities to be a head coach or D-coordinator. It's something I wouldn't mind doing. But it's tough… — Ed Reed Copy Share Image
I've just been playing football for a long time. I've been playing football since I was a little kid, so it's just… — Ed Reed Copy Share Image
I always said I wanted to become a master of my game, like Bruce Lee. I mastered my art of football, because… — Ed Reed Copy Share Image
I look at the quarterback and the receivers. You look at the quarterback, the formation. I focus on the passing game and… — Ed Reed Copy Share Image
If you play NFL football, you play football, these are the consequences. There's choices and consequences in life for everything. There's consequences… — Ed Reed Copy Share Image
I always will be a Raven. That's where I was kind of raised in the NFL. I did a lot of growing,… — Ed Reed Copy Share Image
Ever since I was a kid, I knew I could play in the NFL because I had a knack for the game.… — Ed Reed Copy Share Image
Now that I know the dangers? Yes, I still would do it again. Why? 'Cause look at me. Look at my family.… — Ed Reed Copy Share Image
We had church and sports, and that's how we stuck together. We were so hungry sometimes, but if somebody's playing football, you… — Ed Reed Copy Share Image
I was a San Francisco fan when Joe Montana and Ronnie Lott and those guys where there. And I watched Joe Montana… — Ed Reed Copy Share Image
Sometimes I wake up and I think, where did my memory go? But at the same time, I signed up for it. Football has… — Ed Reed Copy Share
We have a bunch of American citizens who step up because that's what we do. We'll step up and go across the world to… — Ed Reed Copy Share
I've just been playing football for a long time. I've been playing football since I was a little kid, so it's just some natural… — Ed Reed Copy Share
Those inner-cities, they're not giving kids a chance. They're not giving the teachers a chance to really help those kids. They're making it real… — Ed Reed Copy Share
Pretty much just stay humble. And continue to work hard and let the game come to me and try not to make even more… — Ed Reed Copy Share
I tried to go and get my master's in-season. That's a tough cookie to try to eat, but it's just a great thing. — Ed Reed Copy Share
Especially in black communities, we've been so groomed to stay where we are and not like people in the other neighborhoods. It's crazy. It… — Ed Reed Copy Share
I know I have the abilities to be a head coach or D-coordinator. It's something I wouldn't mind doing. But it's tough being a… — Ed Reed Copy Share
