Ricky Williams (Errick Lynne "Ricky" Williams Jr.) Quotes

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.

Ricky Williams

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• Language is the most extraordinary invention in the history of humanity, the one which came before everything and which makes it possible to share everything.

  

  J. M. G. Le Clezio
  • History
  • Humanity
  • Language

• I've always been a person who's been true to myself and true to others, and I'm not afraid to be honest.

  

  Tamar Braxton
  • True
  • Myself
  • Afraid

• I don't want to be an actor or nothing but if I have to, I'll act if it's the right thing.

  

  Obie Trice
  • Want
  • Actor
  • The Right Thing

• After five years in Ferrari, being second all the time, I think it was enough for me.

  

  Fernando Alonso
  • Time
  • Think
  • Me

• The U.S. has spent billions of dollars on educating and supporting teachers or developing curricula but no resources are applied to 'improving the brain' that a student brings to the classroom.

  

  Naveen Jain
  • Brain
  • Student
  • Improving

• Know your priorities and identify the five powerful action steps that you intend to take to move your initiatives forward each day. If you go to a tree with an ax and take five whacks at the tree every day, it doesn't matter if it's an oak or a redwood; eventually, the tree has to fall down.

  

  Jack Canfield
  • Action
  • Day
  • Fall

• I prefer the countryside to cities. This is also true of my films: I have made more films in rural societies, and villages, than in towns.

  

  Abbas Kiarostami
  • True
  • More
  • Countryside

• There is only one me.

  

  Ja Rule
  • Me
  • Only

• Smart women love smart men more than smart men love smart women.

  

  Natalie Portman
  • Men
  • Women
  • Love

• Everyday - it's a gettin' closer,Goin' faster than a roller coaster.Love like yours will surely come my wayA hey - a hey hey.

  

  Buddy Holly
  • Everyday

• I'm not on social media because I feel like that would be just such another level of responsibility that I don't feel up to. It's not uncommon now to have personal and public intertwined, and I don't know how people are able to manage that. I don't know where you go when you want to be alone if everything is out there.

  

  Ellie Kemper
  • People
  • Up
  • Alone

• Over the years, I've traveled to many places for inspiration and research, including Pennsylvania, Ohio, South Carolina, California, and Hawaii.

  

  Jennifer Chiaverini
  • Inspiration
  • Places

• As much as I am one for real human interaction, I also want to make a show that's entertaining and that people want to see.

  

  Jake Gyllenhaal
  • People
  • Real

• Goals are what count for me. It's not about a battle with defenders. Fighting hard, giving everything and working hard on the field you have to combine with the goals you score. It doesn't matter if defenders want to battle with me or not; I will just be trying to do my job as well as I possibly can.

  

  Diego Costa
  • Trying
  • Job
  • Giving

• I was the weirdest kid: I wanted to see the police file - in grade school! I was convinced I could crack the case if I just had that file.

  

  Alafair Burke
  • School
  • Police

• I think it's nearly impossible to write something fictional without having it be about yourself in some way or another.

  

  Jami Attenberg

• Polo really is a European sport. It's not really that popular in America. I'm not an expert on the sport, but it's fun to watch.

  

  David Lauren
  • America
  • Fun
  • Popular

• Snowboarding is an activity that is very popular with people who do not feel that regular skiing is lethal enough.

  

  Dave Barry
  • People
  • Popular
  • Skiing

• In my position, I could be a debutante. But we only got to this position by being a politically active family.

  

  Amy Carter
  • Family

• I was always in front of the camera. My mom was really passionate about photography - I have pictures of my whole life. I've always just been in front of my mom's camera and it's always comfortable to me.

  

  Gigi Hadid
  • Mom
  • Photography
  • Passionate

• For me, Islam is a moral reference point, a source of inspiration to work collectively with people, to love people and to help them, to concentrate on universal values of mercy, co-operation and tolerance.

  

  Wadah Khanfar
  • Work
  • Moral
  • Inspiration

• I painted billboards above every candy store in Brooklyn.

  

  James Rosenquist
  • Candy

• This minimum wage legislation, passed by the 81st Congress at its first session, is an important addition to the laws we live by. It is a measure dictated by social justice. It adds to our economic strength. It is founded on the belief that full human dignity requires at least a minimum level of economic sufficiency and security.

  

  Harry S Truman
  • Laws
  • Congress
  • Social Justice

• 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.

  

  Ricky Williams