Ricky Williams Quotes
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I had this notion that everyone was staring at me and judging everything about me, from my appearance to the way I talk and everything.
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Growing up with two sisters, you either play by yourself or play Barbie with them. I played by myself.
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There is no need to smear my name or to defame my character for the sake of news.
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People are hungry because they're eating empty foods. Mine are full, and so am I.
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Well, I am now convinced there is no kind of fear or anxiety anyone has to live with.
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I have no room in my life for any form of negativity or nonacceptance.
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Now that I have conquered social anxiety disorder, I find pleasure in fans approaching me.
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I had a lot of friends in high school and in college, and we had a good time.
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It's something that I had been pushing down my whole life. The search for meaning, I guess, the whispering of the soul.
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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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I do feel like a loner but I think it's because I look at things differently than other people.
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It's funny, people say 'Welcome back' when I haven't gone anywhere.
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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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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.
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Human beings aren't supposed to be controlled and told what to do.
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The money is what made me miserable. I want to be free of that stress.
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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.
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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.
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As human beings we have a tendency when we like something to tie it up and make sure it's there for a long time. I've been working on being able to let things go. I don't think I ever want to buy property again.
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I've always been attracted to things that are taboo. I've never been afraid to go to that dark place.
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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.
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If you identify yourself as a great football player, anytime anyone challenges that, you're going to have some kind of problem.
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Football 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.
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In therapy, I see myself in the mirror differently.