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Football Quotes by Ed Reed

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Ed Reed calls his first Super Bowl appearance special and reflects on a career that started when he was a kid. He says he always plays the game his own way, no matter what others say, and that he knows a lot about football. He also talks about teamwork across different backgrounds and his lasting identity as a Raven.

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Football is a reaction sport.

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Football was easy.

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You have to be coachable.

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

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I always play the game a certain way, regardless of what guys say.

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God has blessed me with the ability to play football.

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You've got to be smart about tackling.

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I know a lot about football. I know a lot about this game.

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The football fans loved the way I played the game.

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

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To be playing in my first Super Bowl in New Orleans, it's special.

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

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I am going to graduate school, but that ain't got nothing to do with football.

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Not every game is going to be perfect. Not every game is going to be an interception or two or a big-bang…

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I know everybody wants to make it to the NFL, but it doesn't happen like that.

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The only way we protect ourselves, the only way a player gets what he wants is by holding out.

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My philosophy was simple. I was trying to score when I got the football in my hand. There was no question about…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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If you play NFL football, you play football, these are the consequences. There's choices and consequences in life for everything. There's consequences…

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I always said I wanted to become a master of my game, like Bruce Lee. I mastered my art of football, because…

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When you play sports, when you're on a team with people from different walks of life, and you have to look after…

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It wasn't about accolades, but showing that I was bred and predestined to be one of best football players to come into…

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Football has always been a contact sport, and it's always going to be a violent sport, and there are going to be…

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The fact of the matter is that people don't understand that football players are regular people just like them. And half of…

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I look at the quarterback and the receivers. You look at the quarterback, the formation. I focus on the passing game and…

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Yeah, some people don't know anything about football.

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Football is what we do. It's our job, it's a business.

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

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I love this game, and I put my heart and soul into it.

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Sometimes I wake up and I think, where did my memory go? But at the same time, I signed up for it.…

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We had church and sports, and that's how we stuck together. We were so hungry sometimes, but if somebody's playing football, you…

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Now that I know the dangers? Yes, I still would do it again. Why? 'Cause look at me. Look at my family.…

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I was a San Francisco fan when Joe Montana and Ronnie Lott and those guys where there. And I watched Joe Montana…

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Ever since I was a kid, I knew I could play in the NFL because I had a knack for the game.…

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I always will be a Raven. That's where I was kind of raised in the NFL. I did a lot of growing,…

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To be playing in my first Super Bowl in New Orleans, it's special.

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Help each other, encourage each other, lift each other up.

I always play the game a certain way, regardless of what guys say.

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

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…

The relationships I have in Baltimore will never change.

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…

Pretty much just stay humble. And continue to work hard and let the game come to me and try not to make even more…

I wasn't about one season, but career and longevity.

You know mental illness is one of the biggest problems in our world.

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.

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…

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…