Ricky Williams Quotes
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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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There's nothing I miss about anything in the whole wide world. The idea of missing something means you're not living in the moment. Every moment is good for something.
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I want to really start focusing on what I want to accomplish and what it is I want to achieve, but not micromanaging this or that and focusing on the little things.
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One of the biggest things I've done is learn how to love myself, flaws and all. Even the things I don't like about myself, I accept. People have made fun of me and made me self-conscious about talking so softly, for example, but I accept that as who I am and I'm not changing it for anybody. I'm at peace with who I am now, and once you've achieved that, all the other stuff disappears.
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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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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 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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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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In therapy, I see myself in the mirror differently.
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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 really do love football.
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I don't think I'll ever be able to stay in one place for more than a year or two. It's not in my nature.
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I led the NFL in attempts the past two years and they really didn’t go out and get a quarterback to help me so I knew it’s going to be all on me again. I could see my mortality as a football player, that I’m not going to be able to do this much longer. It just became obvious to me that playing football for me is not going to be fun, not something I’m going to enjoy and it’s time for me to do something different.
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Tomorrow doesn't really exist.
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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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One thing I've learned about life is that if you really let go, it's just a joy ride.
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I think I have a tendency to look at things subjectively rather than objectively when I reflect on my experience.
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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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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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My helmet is off; I'm not afraid anymore.
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I would drive home and see people wearing my No. 34 jersey and wonder why, because I didn't feel worthy of that. And all the time I just knew people were staring at me, talking about me everywhere I went.
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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 want to thank all my fans, teammates, coaches and supporters for the strength they've given me to overcome so much.
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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.