Former Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis posted a two-minute, 20-second video on his official Twitter account Monday morning, apologizing to quarterback Joe Flacco for calling out his lack of passion for the game. The video featured Lewis, wearing a tie and sunglasses, speaking into the camera while light music played in the background.
Here is the full transcript:
"Look, I got to say this man to man and from the heart. Let me tell you something: I'm a Raven for life. But Joe Flacco, what I was talking about, my brother, it wasn't even about you. It wasn't even personal. It was just me being frustrated of watching something that I had control over for so many years, which was men and inspiring them to go on and do things. And guess what, like everybody else, I lashed out at the quarterback because quote, unquote, that's the person who is supposed to carry us or do whatever.
"Brother, your personality is what it is. You're a man and you put your pants on one leg at a time just like everybody else. Listen, from a man, you'll never hear it again. Sorry, for ever even calling out your name in the context of making you try to be anything that I am or anything that you're not. Tough loss yesterday. Tough loss yesterday for the Ravens. But I learned something. It's not the mistake. It's being OK with going to correct the mistake. And my mistake is I would never speak out of turn about a man who is going out there and doing whatever he got to do to help his team win.
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— Ray Lewis (@raylewis) November 21, 2016
"It's funny because I heard people speak all week about he carried me to a Super Bowl, he carried us to a Super Bowl. Let me correct you. No, we carried each other. That's what champions do. That's what teams do. They carry each other. When you find yourself in a hole, and when you find yourself going through something, some leader must emerge. Somebody must rise and become that person. Maybe my frustration came because I couldn't help. I couldn't do nothing. But I can say I'm sorry, my brother.
"Move on and keep moving. Big division game this week and let's get back focus. This is really for anybody: If you've wronged someone or you said something out your mouth that you know that you should correct, correct it. Man to man. Woman to woman."