Ricky Williams Quotes
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I think if I were a college professor, no one would say I was uncomfortable about being shy because that might be expected. But I think because of people's stereotypes, they think of a football player as someone who is very outgoing and I'm not.
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People are hungry because they're eating empty foods. Mine are full, and so am I.
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And I think if you look at any relationship, for the relationship to be productive and to move forward and to grow, sometimes things have to be said that one person or the other person is not going to like to hear.
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There'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.
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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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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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Well, I am now convinced there is no kind of fear or anxiety anyone has to live with.
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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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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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Now that I have conquered social anxiety disorder, I find pleasure in fans approaching me.
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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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It's funny, people say 'Welcome back' when I haven't gone anywhere.
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Human beings aren't supposed to be controlled and told what to do.
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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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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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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 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 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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I want people to think they can't die until they see me play.
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The money is what made me miserable. I want to be free of that stress.
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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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If I can walk, I'll play.
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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.