Ricky Williams Quotes

What I would tell young players is that as you get older, the best thing you can do is try to have other interests and have opportunities.

It's something that I had been pushing down my whole life. The search for meaning, I guess, the whispering of the soul.

I think sometimes when it comes to sports, and especially relationships between players and coaches, that people lose track, lose a sense of reality.

I think if I were a college professor, no one would say I was uncomfortable about being shy because that might be expected. But I think because of people's stereotypes, they think of a football player as someone who is very outgoing and I'm not.

When you make that crossover from life to real life, when you're not treated as a child anymore but as a man, and you are no longer given the benefit of the doubt, it takes some courage to face that.

And I think if you look at any relationship, for the relationship to be productive and to move forward and to grow, sometimes things have to be said that one person or the other person is not going to like to hear.

Texas was such a welcoming place, and with its unbelievable history and tradition, it's extra special to be a part of that.

I think Ricky Williams had his time in the limelight. And I think it was good for what it was worth, and that was that.

I don't believe in regret.

In therapy, I see myself in the mirror differently.

It used to be irritating just because someone can meet you and before they would get a chance to get to know you, they’ll go find someone else’s story about who I am. For me personally, I just always think it’s more interesting to get to know the person myself.

The money is what made me miserable. I want to be free of that stress.

I think I have a tendency to look at things subjectively rather than objectively when I reflect on my experience.

Maybe I'm stupid or whatever, but to me if I got a concussion, if I could see straight and I could carry a football then I'm not telling anybody.

I don't think people change. I think they definitely mature. But I think the essence of what I am today is the same as when I was five years old. It's just maturity. I've become a healthier, fuller expression of that essence.

I would drive home and see people wearing my No. 34 jersey and wonder why, because I didn't feel worthy of that. And all the time I just knew people were staring at me, talking about me everywhere I went.

There's more to life than success, and if you can try to be more well-rounded, you'll be able to enjoy your success more. It won't own you or control you.

Sometimes success will get in the way of maturity - at least temporarily.

The moment I started treating my social anxiety disorder, I started feeling better.

I've never been in trouble with the police.

I definitely have come out of my shell a lot more. When you question who you are, you can't be proud of who you are. Now that I'm trying to peel off those layers and really understand who I am, I don't have anything to be shy about.

I'm closer to being happy. I'm doing things that make me happy. In football I loved to practice and I loved to play, but I hated to be in meetings, hated to talk to the media, hated to have cameras in my face, hated to sign autographs. I hated to do all those things.

I am more mature. I'm a better football player. I just feel like this is my time.

The NFL has been an amazing page in this chapter of my life. I pray that all successive adventures offer me the same potential for growth, success and most importantly fun.

At the core, we're all spiritual beings.

There's nothing I miss about anything in the whole wide world. The idea of missing something means you're not living in the moment. Every moment is good for something.

Anytime you play a team sport, the success of the team really makes everything better. It's nice.

I had a lot of friends in high school and in college, and we had a good time.

I've gotten to a point, where I realize that happiness doesn't come from the outside.

I stepped away to find out more about myself, which I was having difficulty doing as a football player. I got a chance to travel the world. I studied Eastern philosophy, and I've grown as a person so much.

I don't feel like my speed or my power or my desire to play this game has diminished at all.

I like to live in places that are kind of off in the cuts so people can't really find me even if they wanted to.

I look very foolish. To a lot of people I look foolish in what I'm doing and I understand that. The only thing that matters is how I feel and if I let how they feel affect me it'll change how I feel.

Nine in the box... that's a football term.

I've followed freedom for a long time and I finally feel I've got more of it. People talk about the money that I've given up and the money that I've lost. But the knowledge and the wisdom that I've gotten from this experience is priceless.

I'm halfway intelligent. I'll figure something out.

And any time you feed your ego, it's a one-way street. ... There were so many things I had to deal with that erased the positives I got from playing the game that it wasn't worth it. It's like eating a Big Mac and drinking a Diet Coke.

Greatness is the willingness to choose in the midst of intensity.

I'm a huge gamer, everything from PC to Xbox to PS2.

I'm nice because, when I was growing up, so many people weren't nice to me, and I remember how that felt. And I don't want to make anyone else feel like that. I value nice.

I've always been attracted to things that are taboo. I've never been afraid to go to that dark place.

I wouldn't eat a chicken if it dropped dead in front of me holding up a sign that said, Eat Me.

If you want to surf, move to Hawaii. If you like to shop, move to New York. If you like acting and Hollywood, move to California. But if you like college football, move to Texas.

Human beings aren't supposed to be controlled and told what to do.

I want people to think they can't die until they see me play.

I allowed myself to think if I could be doing anything in the world, what would I be doing? And what came to mind is I'd be traveling a little bit, I'd be going to classes and I'd be going back to school.

I feel no need and have no desire to give any attention to other people's opinion of me.

I am an honest, God-fearing man who is intensely dedicated to being the best person I can be on and off the football field.