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I wasn't the biggest, the fastest, the strongest, and then I bought into something called work ethic.

Ray Lewis

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Ray Lewis
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: May 15
American Football Player
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Football Player
Bartow
Florida
Ray Anthony Lewis
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