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Quotes by Ricky Williams

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.
– Ricky Williams
Ayurveda deals with using your environment to put yourself in balance. I've realized, both on a psychological and physical level, that the things we do in football don't bring more harmony to your life. They just bring more disharmony.
– Ricky Williams
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.
– Ricky Williams
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.
– Ricky Williams
I just don't want to be in this business anymore, Williams told the paper. I was never strong enough to not play football, but I'm strong enough now. I've considered everything about this. Everyone has thrown every possible scenario at me about why I shouldn't do this, but they're in denial. I'm happy with my decision. I'm finally free. I can't remember ever being this happy.
– Ricky Williams
I loved playing football, but the reasons I loved football were just to feed my ego. And any time you feed your ego, it's a one-way street. There were so many things I had to deal with that erased the positives I got from playing the game that it wasn't worth it. It's like eating a Big Mac and drinking a Diet Coke.
– Ricky Williams
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.'
– Ricky Williams
I'm closer to being happy. I'm doing things that make me happy. In football I loved to practice and I loved to play, but I hated to be in meetings, hated to talk to the media, hated to have cameras in my face, hated to sign autographs. I hated to do all those things.
– Ricky Williams
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.
– Ricky Williams
If you want to surf, move to Hawaii. If you like to shop, move to New York. If you like acting and Hollywood, move to California. But if you like college football, move to Texas.
– Ricky Williams
Nine in the box... that's a football term.
– Ricky Williams
When you make that crossover from life to real life, when you're not treated as a child anymore but as a man, and you are no longer given the benefit of the doubt, it takes some courage to face that.
– Ricky Williams
Well, I am now convinced there is no kind of fear or anxiety anyone has to live with.
– Ricky Williams
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.
– Ricky Williams
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.
– Ricky Williams
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.
– Ricky Williams
Texas was such a welcoming place, and with its unbelievable history and tradition, it's extra special to be a part of that.
– Ricky Williams
Sometimes success will get in the way of maturity - at least temporarily.
– Ricky Williams
I've gotten to a point, where I realize that happiness doesn't come from the outside.
– Ricky Williams
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.
– Ricky Williams
I want to thank all my fans, teammates, coaches and supporters for the strength they've given me to overcome so much.
– Ricky Williams
I think sometimes when it comes to sports, and especially relationships between players and coaches, that people lose track, lose a sense of reality.
– Ricky Williams
I think I have a tendency to look at things subjectively rather than objectively when I reflect on my experience.
– Ricky Williams
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.
– Ricky Williams
I started practicing yoga. I started learning some hands-on healing stuff. And I found really good chiropractors, really good massage therapists, and what I found is I've been able to actually peel off layers of trauma on my body and actually move better now than I did.
– Ricky Williams
I don't think people change. I think they definitely mature. But I think the essence of what I am today is the same as when I was five years old. It's just maturity. I've become a healthier, fuller expression of that essence.
– Ricky Williams
Anytime you play a team sport, the success of the team really makes everything better. It's nice.
– Ricky Williams
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.
– Ricky Williams