Ray Rhodes Quotes (16 Quotes)

At one time, you think you're invincible. This just can't happen to you but, when it happens, the reality sets in that you either change or you die. You realize you've got only one life.

My daughter, who is a nurse, said I was having a stroke. Wait a minute, I said.

Your body goes through that shock, that trauma, it wakes you up. You got family, people that care about you. You want to make sure you're around for them.

You look at his leadership and the way he carries himself on and off the field. This kid stepped in right away, and all the players migrated to him. He had a command in the huddle, and the leadership just oozes out of him.

I hope I got all of that out of the way.

With the guys being down and injured, have not played in live action yet, we need to see everybody. The way things are shaping up, we're getting guys back one at a time.

The most important thing right now for me is to realize if I don't have my health, I don't have anything. Regardless of how much I love this game, I'm going to make sure I look out for my health. Because this was a scare.

You try to put things in perspective, about taking care of yourself and being healthy. Without your health, you don't have anything. That made me do some soul-searching.

Without your health you have nothing. It made me do some soul searching.

I don't know what I'll be able to do next season, but I'm feeling better health-wise. I would not be interested in becoming a head coach again. Not at all.

I still don't trust myself. I can get a little too excited at any time.

I'm not one to volunteer to go to the doctor. So quite naturally, when I volunteered, my wife was aware that something serious was going on because that's the last thing I would do.

I wake up the next day - my balance, my vision, everything is gone. I couldn't hardly see anything. I couldn't stand up straight. My equilibrium was gone. So, something was wrong. Being a little stubborn, I'm thinking that it's going to go away.

When you look at a coach's life, you are looking at coming to work each day before 6 o'clock and leaving sometime after 12. If you have to be at work before 6, you are up around 4 something. You can't do that on a consistent basis. I think I burned both ends a little bit too much.

I know some guys that will do anything to stay here or play here or do whatever. Hey man, be honest with yourself. Because you have to look at yourself in the mirror and say, 'Am I good enough or not good enough' That's the way it is. I've been a coach long enough to realize the nature of this business and what you have to do. I know a lot of things have happened the past few years. I know the fan base is really upset with the way we've played, and they should be.

At first, they had to run me out of the building. Now, I know when it's time to go.