--- title: "1 Leaving Place Quotes By Ed Reed" description: "1 Leaving Place quotes by Ed Reed. Plus more from Ed Reed and more Leaving Place sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b90/ed-reed-5335_being_that-s-what-being-a-human-is-about-leavi_261204.png" --- > [That's what being a human is about, leaving this place better than we got it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-reed/that-s-what-being-a-human-is-about-leaving-this-place-better-than-we/) [Ed Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-reed/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b90/ed-reed-5335_being_that-s-what-being-a-human-is-about-leavi_261204.png) ## More by Ed Reed > [To be playing in my first Super Bowl in New Orleans, it's special.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-reed/to-be-playing-in-my-first-super-bowl-in-new-orleans-it-s-special/) [Ed Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-reed/) > [Sometimes I wake up and I think, where did my memory go? But at the same time, I signed up for it. Football has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-reed/sometimes-i-wake-up-and-i-think-where-did-my-memory-go-but-at-the/) [Ed Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-reed/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-reed/we-have-a-bunch-of-american-citizens-who-step-up-because-that-s-what/) [Ed Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-reed/) > [Help each other, encourage each other, lift each other up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-reed/help-each-other-encourage-each-other-lift-each-other-up/) [Ed Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-reed/) > [I always play the game a certain way, regardless of what guys say.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-reed/i-always-play-the-game-a-certain-way-regardless-of-what-guys-say/) [Ed Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-reed/) > [That's what being a human is about, leaving this place better than we got it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-reed/that-s-what-being-a-human-is-about-leaving-this-place-better-than-we/) [Ed Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-reed/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-reed/i-ve-just-been-playing-football-for-a-long-time-i-ve-been-playing/) [Ed Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-reed/) > [The relationships I have in Baltimore will never change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-reed/the-relationships-i-have-in-baltimore-will-never-change/) [Ed Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-reed/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-reed/those-inner-cities-they-re-not-giving-kids-a-chance-they-re-not/) [Ed Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-reed/) > [Pretty much just stay humble. And continue to work hard and let the game come to me and try not to make even more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-reed/pretty-much-just-stay-humble-and-continue-to-work-hard-and-let-the/) [Ed Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-reed/) > [I wasn't about one season, but career and longevity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-reed/i-wasn-t-about-one-season-but-career-and-longevity/) [Ed Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-reed/) > [You know mental illness is one of the biggest problems in our world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-reed/you-know-mental-illness-is-one-of-the-biggest-problems-in-our-world/) [Ed Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-reed/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-reed/i-tried-to-go-and-get-my-master-s-in-season-that-s-a-tough-cookie-to/) [Ed Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-reed/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-reed/especially-in-black-communities-we-ve-been-so-groomed-to-stay-where/) [Ed Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-reed/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-reed/i-know-i-have-the-abilities-to-be-a-head-coach-or-d-coordinator-it-s/) [Ed Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-reed/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/leaving-place/ed-reed/#itemlist", "name": "1 Leaving Place Quotes By Ed Reed", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "That's what being a human is about, leaving this place better than we got it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ed Reed" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-reed/that-s-what-being-a-human-is-about-leaving-this-place-better-than-we/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b90/ed-reed-5335_being_that-s-what-being-a-human-is-about-leavi_261204.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b90/ed-reed-5335_being_that-s-what-being-a-human-is-about-leavi_261204.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b90/ed-reed-5335_being_that-s-what-being-a-human-is-about-leavi_261204.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“That's what being a human is about, leaving this place better than we got it.” — Ed Reed", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/leaving-place/ed-reed/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/leaving-place/ed-reed/", "name": "Leaving Place Quotes by Ed Reed", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/leaving-place/ed-reed/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b90/ed-reed-5335_being_that-s-what-being-a-human-is-about-leavi_261204.png" }, "description": "1 Leaving Place quotes by Ed Reed. 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