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

The more I pay attention to what's going on inside, the more I realize that how I feel, and how I react to what I feel, really creates my reality. And the more in touch I can be, the better chance I have to control what's happening in my life.

Growing up with two sisters, you either play by yourself or play Barbie with them. I played by myself.

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.

Depending on their fondest memory of you, most people hold on so tightly to their fondest memory they don’t usually let you be anything greater than that. And that’s one of the things I think I allowed myself to be a victim of earlier in my career. What I learned as I got older is I decide. I decide what it’s like for me, not other people. You can be whatever you’d like to be. You just have to choose it.

It's funny, people say 'Welcome back' when I haven't gone anywhere.

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