In the second half of tonight's Ravens-Panthers exhibition game, ESPN's "Monday Night Football" crew interviewed Ray Lewis on the sidelines about returning for another season, the Ravens defense and talking trash with the Jets. Here are excerpts of that interview (courtesy of the Ravens' media relation department):
On returning for another season: "[I'm] just loving the competition of it. I love putting my body through a certain level of torture, and I just love being around the guys, and I love competing."
On his performance: "On the field, it comes down to just really loving my craft -- studying and really just understanding what's going to come year after year. The older you get -- I always say this -- the wiser you get, so the bottom line for me is the game has just really slowed down, and I just have a good time playing it."
On the impact that injuries to the secondary have had on the defense: "The bottom line is always the next man up for us. It's not about one part of who we are. On our defense, we're three parts -- defensive line, linebackers and secondary. So, the bottom line is, if our secondary's hurt, then our front seven's got to get it done."
On if the team watched the first episode of HBO's "Hard Knocks" on Wednesday night: "I don't know, I think everybody else was in their room, but I passed out in five minutes. I think it's a great opportunity for [the Jets]. Congratulations to Rex [Ryan] and his team and all the fun they have over there. We're going to be working, and we'll see them Week 1."
On talking trash with the Jets: "Talking is whatever it's going to be. The Haloti Ngata bottom line is, come Monday night, somebody's going to get hit."
After hearing all that, how could you not be pumped up for Week 1?
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