About the book: title, author, & summary (1 page) Baltimore Ravens very own greatest defensive player of his age group and former NFL linebacker, Ray Lewis writes his autobiography holding nothing back. “I Feel Like Going On: Life, Game, and Glory” begins with the mini unknown events that occur prior to Lewis’s retirement. He was injured during his final game and was able to put all his pain behind to finish his last game as champion. With his oldest son entering his senior year, Lewis decided it was time to hand in the cleats and spend time with his family before it was too late. His story goes into a deeper time of his life. A troubling childhood of an African American child growing up in Lakeland, Florida. With a single mother raising Lewis and his siblings, three sisters and a brother, she was his rock. He referred to “Dear Mama” by Tupac, “Ain’t a woman alive that could take my …show more content…
“Man deals with the possible, God deals with the impossible,” Ray told the doctor on the sideline checking on his torn triceps. Prior to being checked out. Continued to play on this injured triceps until the ball was turned over and Ravens gained control of the ball. In his past injuries, Lewis used his recovery time as “his time” to focus and recharge himself. He began smiling during all his injuries, because “you tell yourself the pain don’t matter, and just like that it don’t. And once you buy into that there’s no going back.” It was an old school saying that he grow up learning to incorporate into his life. A key point in Robert and Daniel book states “most people have a typical reaction to injury, but the speed and ease with which they progress through the stages can vary widely” (466). Lewis was eager to move and pushed himself over his limit. He explains “how he felt more pain during rehabilitation then during the actual surgery”