Ray Lewis Biography

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My research paper will be about a man who made a change to many people and to mehe is a professional pro football player who retired in 2013. He wrote a book called “life”and was a criminal, he is currently 41, and His name is Ray Lewis. Ray is a retired NFL profootball player. his play positon was a linebacker. Born May 15, 1975 played his entire17 year career for the Baltimore ravens. – WikipediaRay played college football for the university of Miami, and earned all-America honors.He also won first round of the 1996 NFL draft. He was the last active player from theteams’ inaugural season upon his retirement following the 2012 season. Lewis playedhis entire career, and is considered to be one the greatest ever to play the positionmiddle linebacker, …show more content…

This event occurred January 31, Lewis pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice inconnection with the stabbing deaths of two men in 2000. In the years after the murders,Lewis turned his life and image around, helped in no small part by leading the Ravens toa Super Bowl victory just 12 months after his arrest.RAY LEWIS inspired me to do a lot of things like getting off my butt and doing somethingand become someone. Ray Lewis after he retired football he became inspiration tomany football players and people he also is a motivational speaker and he made mewant to look up to others and take their lead into becoming a leaders and examples. Histwo main quotes that kept me grinding these quotes made a difference in my life andhe's one and only greatest football player to of had a unbalanced life“If you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe then you'll be successful”“I'm pissed off for greatness because if you ain’t pissed off for greatness, that meansyou’re OK with being mediocre”Lewis opened the Ray Lewis Full Moon Bar-B-Que, which operated in Baltimore's Cantonneighborhood from February 2005 until 2008.[59] He has also gained several nationalcorporate endorsements, some of which draw upon his tough image. In 2004, Lewis wasplaced on the cover of the highly popular Madden NFL 2005 video game published by EASports, and is also a very avid player of the same series. In 2006, it was announced thatLewis, Hall of Fame running back Gale Sayers, and entrepreneur Mark Bloom Quistwould form S&L Racing, intending to race both cars and trucks from a North Carolinaheadquarters.[60] The attempt to join NASCAR racing