Quotes By Ricky Williams

There is no need to smear my name or to defame my character for the sake of news.

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.

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.

The moment I started treating my social anxiety disorder, I started feeling better.

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.

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.

I'm a huge gamer, everything from PC to Xbox to PS2.

In therapy, I see myself in the mirror differently.

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.

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.

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.

One thing I've learned about life is that if you really let go, it's just a joy ride.

I like to live in places that are kind of off in the cuts so people can't really find me even if they wanted to.

I feel no need and have no desire to give any attention to other people's opinion of me.

I allowed myself to think if I could be doing anything in the world, what would I be doing? And what came to mind is I'd be traveling a little bit, I'd be going to classes and I'd be going back to school.

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.

Growing up with two sisters, you either play by yourself or play Barbie with them. I played by myself.

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.

A team takes on the personality of the head coach.

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.

Now that I have conquered social anxiety disorder, I find pleasure in fans approaching me.

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.'

I've never been in trouble with the police.

I don't feel like my speed or my power or my desire to play this game has diminished at all.

I think I have a tendency to look at things subjectively rather than objectively when I reflect on my experience.

People are hungry because they're eating empty foods. Mine are full, and so am I.

I do feel like a loner but I think it's because I look at things differently than other people.

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.

If you replace the word God in the Bible with the word Truth, it reads exactly right.

I think it's very easy for people to stereotype athletes, good and bad.