Ricky Williams Quotes
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When I retired, I felt that I lived more in that year than I had the previous 27 years of my life.
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I realized a while back that I have an innate ability to be compassionate, and I saw that the strength of compassion is something that healers have and healers use.'
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I've let a lot of things go, and obviously football is one of them. I think the hardest thing to let go is your self-image. That's what I'm working on now.
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I've followed freedom for a long time and I finally feel I've got more of it. People talk about the money that I've given up and the money that I've lost. But the knowledge and the wisdom that I've gotten from this experience is priceless.
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A team takes on the personality of the head coach.
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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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Everywhere I go, people hear Ricky Williams and the next thing they think is marijuana or wasted talent.
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Anytime you play a team sport, the success of the team really makes everything better. It's nice.
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I'm a huge gamer, everything from PC to Xbox to PS2.
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Well, I don't think I've necessarily ever been a passionate football player or a passionate person.
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It used to be irritating just because someone can meet you and before they would get a chance to get to know you, they’ll go find someone else’s story about who I am. For me personally, I just always think it’s more interesting to get to know the person myself.
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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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The NFL has been an amazing page in this chapter of my life. I pray that all successive adventures offer me the same potential for growth, success and most importantly fun.
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If you replace the word God in the Bible with the word Truth, it reads exactly right.
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The people that I see on the street, they treat me more as a human being and not just an icon or a football player.
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I am an honest, God-fearing man who is intensely dedicated to being the best person I can be on and off the football field.
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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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I've had a lot of clouds in my life since I got into pro football -- too many -- but now I feel like I can see really clearly for the first time. And I can see the Super Bowl from here.
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I'm halfway intelligent. I'll figure something out.
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Human beings aren't supposed to be controlled and told what to do.
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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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Now that I have conquered social anxiety disorder, I find pleasure in fans approaching me.
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People are hungry because they're eating empty foods. Mine are full, and so am I.
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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.