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.
Ricky WilliamsWell, I am now convinced there is no kind of fear or anxiety anyone has to live with.
Ricky WilliamsThere'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.
Ricky WilliamsFootball is my job, not my life, but it's a job I'm going to give my all for as long as I'm in it.
Ricky WilliamsMy whole thing in life is I just want freedom. I thought that money would give me that freedom. I was wrong. It bound me more than it freed me, because now I had more things to worry about, more people asking for money, I thought I had to buy a house and nice cars and different things that people with money are supposed to do.
Ricky Williams