Editor's note: This is part of a week-long look at the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2018, focusing on plays, moments or defining characteristic of the inductees. Induction is Saturday at 7 p.m. ET, on ESPN.
Ray Lewis walked into sculptor Fred Kail's studio, and he identified immediately the vision for his 9-foot-tall, 1,200-pound statue that would sit in front of the Baltimore Ravens' M&T Bank Stadium.
Lewis' eyes wandered from the small clay figures that featured typical linebacker stances.