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.

If I was doing something for the money, I'd be quite miserable.

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.

Well, I don't think I've necessarily ever been a passionate football player or a passionate person.

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.

To talk about balance, it's easier to talk about what's out of balance. And I think anytime that you have any disease, and disease meaning lack of ease, lack of flow... dis-ease. So any time there's disease, you're out of balance, whether it's jealousy, anger, greed, anxiety, fear.

When I retired, I felt that I lived more in that year than I had the previous 27 years of my life.