Ricky Williams Quotes
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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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I do feel like a loner but I think it's because I look at things differently than other people.
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Maybe I'm stupid or whatever, but to me if I got a concussion, if I could see straight and I could carry a football then I'm not telling anybody.
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I really do love football.
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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 wouldn't eat a chicken if it dropped dead in front of me holding up a sign that said, Eat Me.
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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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The money is what made me miserable. I want to be free of that stress.
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One of my biggest problems is that I'm always so influenced by what other people are thinking about me.
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I think sometimes when it comes to sports, and especially relationships between players and coaches, that people lose track, lose a sense of reality.
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Texas was such a welcoming place, and with its unbelievable history and tradition, it's extra special to be a part of that.
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The more I pay attention to what's going on inside, the more I realize that how I feel, and how I react to what I feel, really creates my reality. And the more in touch I can be, the better chance I have to control what's happening in my life.
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I don't care what people think about me because I know I am more than all the pain and strife they hold inside.
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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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I look very foolish. To a lot of people I look foolish in what I'm doing and I understand that. The only thing that matters is how I feel and if I let how they feel affect me it'll change how I feel.
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In therapy, I see myself in the mirror differently.
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One thing I've learned about life is that if you really let go, it's just a joy ride.
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Playing in the National Football League, you're told, you know, where to be, when to be there, what to wear, how to be there. Being able to step away from that, I have an opportunity to look deeper into myself and look for what's real.
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I feel no need and have no desire to give any attention to other people's opinion of me.
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Sometimes success will get in the way of maturity - at least temporarily.
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At the core, we're all spiritual beings.
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My 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.
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I love myself. Because I'm all that I have and if I don't love myself, no one else will. Whenever I feel myself starting to dislike something I tell myself, "This is who I am," so what's the point in disliking it?
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I got high, and forgot I wasn't supposed to get high.