104 Quotes by Ed Reed

Just being from Louisiana, being from the southern part of Louisiana, Metairie, close to New Orleans and growing up in St. Rose. There are a lot of things to overcome.

The old G's, or the gangsters, turned me away from the street because they knew my dad, and they had a lot of respect for my dad, but because I was an athlete.

I want to be the best, but it comes with a lot of work. And it can be pressure if you put it on yourself in that way. But if I keep going the way I'm going, and with the good Lord guiding me the way he's been guiding me, and the way I let him take control of my life, the sky is the limit.

I know the hustle that is in Louisiana. Knowing where you are from, really where you're from, helps you to help the community. That's every city, but New Orleans is just different. We have big hearts, but it's just a matter of us having the information, having the people to push you along like I had.

Encourage those around you. Encourage yourself.

It helps you as a person when you're teaching something to somebody to understand it even better.

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

There's not many people - only really the great ones - who realize what they were born to do.

It's tough for kids to stay focused if they don't have something to get them off the streets... that's where the kids can get into the bad things.