Editing Ray Lewis (section)

==Early life==
Raymond Anthony Lewis Jr. was born in [[Bartow, Florida]], located in [[Central Florida]],<ref name="Ray Lewis NFL Bio">{{Cite web |last=Saraceno |first=Jon |date=January 27, 2013 |title='Two camps' on Ravens' Ray Lewis in Florida hometown |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2013/01/24/ray-lewis-hometown-super-bowl/1863069/ |access-date=October 8, 2022 |website=USA TODAY |publisher=NFL |language=en-US |archive-date=August 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814040536/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2013/01/24/ray-lewis-hometown-super-bowl/1863069/ |url-status=live }}</ref> the oldest of five siblings. His mother was just 16 at the time of his birth, while his father was absent for most of his life. Not much was known about his father's life other that he was a record-setting high school [[wrestling|wrestler]] before he was incarcerated for drug-related offenses.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fuoco |first=Roy |date=July 20, 2018 |title=Chapter 1: The early years |url=https://stories.usatodaynetwork.com/raylewislegacy/ |access-date=October 8, 2022 |website=USA Today |language=en-US |archive-date=October 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008172616/https://stories.usatodaynetwork.com/raylewislegacy/ |url-status=live }}</ref> As a boy, and the eventual older brother to four younger siblings, Lewis quickly became the man of the house. He helped his sisters with their hair and made sure his younger brother arrived at daycare on time. When his father's contact became less frequent, he abandoned his last name and changed it to the last name of his mother's boyfriend, Ray Lewis.<ref name="Name">{{Cite web |last=Lewis |first=Ray |date=October 14, 2014 |title=Ray Lewis: How I got my name |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/13840222/former-baltimore-raven-ray-lewis-discusses-autobiography-how-got-name |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514131045/https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/13840222/former-baltimore-raven-ray-lewis-discusses-autobiography-how-got-name |archive-date=May 14, 2021 |access-date=May 14, 2021 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref>

Lewis attended [[Kathleen High School (Lakeland, Florida)|Kathleen High School]] in [[Lakeland, Florida]], where he was a star [[high school football]] player and [[Scholastic wrestling|wrestler]]. As a wrestler, Lewis was a [[Florida High School Athletic Association|Florida]] wrestling state champion.<ref name="Ray Lewis NFL Bio" /><ref name="si2006">{{Cite magazine |last=Price |first=S.L. |date=November 13, 2006 |title=The Gospel According To Ray |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1108943/1/index.htm |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |access-date=October 8, 2010 |archive-date=December 25, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091225222400/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1108943/1/index.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was an [[All-American]] linebacker on the football field at Kathleen, overcoming his smaller size at the time with his intensity and instincts.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fuoco |first=Roy |date=August 3, 2018 |title=Chapter 2: Kathleen |url=https://stories.usatodaynetwork.com/raylewislegacy/chapter-2/ |access-date=October 8, 2022 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US |archive-date=October 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008172616/https://stories.usatodaynetwork.com/raylewislegacy/chapter-2/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Lewis later revealed that his stepfather was extremely abusive towards his mother, and got a deck of 52 [[playing card]]s to start his push-up regimen, so he could get stronger to protect her. This also was the reason behind choosing the #52 jersey in his professional career.<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 22, 2017 |title=How To Use Pain As Fuel – The Deck of Cards Workout – Daniel Karim |language=en-US |work=Daniel Karim |url=http://www.danielkarim.com/how-to-get-the-shape-of-your-life-for-only-99-cents-ray-lewis-and-his-deck-of-cards-workout/ |access-date=August 11, 2018 |archive-date=August 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811070019/http://www.danielkarim.com/how-to-get-the-shape-of-your-life-for-only-99-cents-ray-lewis-and-his-deck-of-cards-workout/ |url-status=live }}</ref> His younger brother, [[Keon Lattimore]], was a former running back at the [[University of Maryland]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Player Bio: Keon Lattimore |url=http://umterps.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/lattimore_keon00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207075343/httpk://umterps.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/lattimore_keon00.html |archive-date=February 7, 2009 |access-date=January 28, 2011 |website=CBS Interactive}}</ref>