Quotes by 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 help people out. When it comes to our own backyard, it's always a different conversation.

I was a two-star athlete. I got looked over.

I always said I wanted to become a master of my game, like Bruce Lee. I mastered my art of football, because that's what it truly is when you understand it.

Baltimore, I love that city.

Stay in school because education provides you with an opportunity. Opportunity is all you can ask for.

We're all going to have our trials and tribulations, but you can work through them and everything will be all right.

God has blessed me with the ability to play football.

Help each other, encourage each other, lift each other up.

When I was in Baltimore, it was all about raising me and not having players come in and out of there. It was about raising men, and there was a reason why it built up to the success.

It wasn't about accolades, but showing that I was bred and predestined to be one of best football players to come into the league - and, every Sunday, to help my team to win.