I can look back at it now as definitely like an initiation into adulthood. Almost overnight in the NFL, I was put on a pedestal and I was supposed to be this icon or this image of what a professional athlete was supposed to be. I felt like I just got stuck trying to be someone else and I forgot who I actually was.

I don't care what people think about me because I know I am more than all the pain and strife they hold inside.

In therapy, I see myself in the mirror differently.

As human beings we have a tendency when we like something to tie it up and make sure it's there for a long time. I've been working on being able to let things go. I don't think I ever want to buy property again.

Everywhere I go, people hear Ricky Williams and the next thing they think is marijuana or wasted talent.

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

There is no need to smear my name or to defame my character for the sake of news.