Ricky Williams Quotes
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When I retired, I felt that I lived more in that year than I had the previous 27 years of my life.
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I realized a while back that I have an innate ability to be compassionate, and I saw that the strength of compassion is something that healers have and healers use.'
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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.
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I've let a lot of things go, and obviously football is one of them. I think the hardest thing to let go is your self-image. That's what I'm working on now.
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A team takes on the personality of the head coach.
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Anytime you play a team sport, the success of the team really makes everything better. It's nice.
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Well, I don't think I've necessarily ever been a passionate football player or a passionate person.
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I'm a huge gamer, everything from PC to Xbox to PS2.
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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.
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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.
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Everywhere I go, people hear Ricky Williams and the next thing they think is marijuana or wasted talent.
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If you replace the word God in the Bible with the word Truth, it reads exactly right.
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I am more mature. I'm a better football player. I just feel like this is my time.
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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.
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I've had a lot of clouds in my life since I got into pro football -- too many -- but now I feel like I can see really clearly for the first time. And I can see the Super Bowl from here.
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The people that I see on the street, they treat me more as a human being and not just an icon or a football player.
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People are hungry because they're eating empty foods. Mine are full, and so am I.
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Now that I have conquered social anxiety disorder, I find pleasure in fans approaching me.
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After I won the Heisman Trophy, it just was OK, I’m supposed to go to the NFL and so that’s what I did. I didn’t really have any expectations and I didn’t really understand how things worked.
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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.
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Human beings aren't supposed to be controlled and told what to do.
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I'm halfway intelligent. I'll figure something out.
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I think it's very easy for people to stereotype athletes, good and bad.
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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.