The most influential speech to me is one that Ray Lewis gave back in 2012 to his former college, The Miami Hurricanes. In the first part of this speech, Ray Lewis talks about effort. He says, “there has never been a time where someone has consistently beat me to the ball, that doesn’t have anything to do with talent it just has everything to do with effort”. For me, putting this into life perspective, it means that no matter how hard things get effort is the key. Effort will get you through any obstacle, whether it is football, school, work, or life in general. He then continues, “Effort is between you, and you. No one else can give you effort”. This really stuck out to me because effort really is between you and you, it comes from the heart. …show more content…
He says “keep watching me if I am, nobody has to convince me to do what I do. I do what I do, because I do what I do, because I’m built from something, and man didn’t create it”. In this part of the speech, I think he is saying that age shouldn’t define you, or you shouldn’t have limits no matter who you are or what your flaws may be. You must fight to overcome adversity. When he says “I do what I do, because I do what I do”, I think he means that the reason he is successful at what he does even at his age is because of what he does to stay at the top. He works day in and day out through the pain and the adversity. He never gives up or slows down and that’s why he is able to do what he does.
Ray Lewis says, “Football is my peace”. I think he means exactly what he says, football is his peace, and it’s what he dedicated his life to and what makes him happy. Football has provided a better life for him and his family. It is what brought him out of the streets. I can relate to that because football has also always been my peace. When life gets difficult and when school gets hard, football has always been my way of relieving stress. Football is a great way of getting things off of my mind and Ray Lewis is a good example of how football can create a better life for