Top 50 Ricky Williams Quotes

As an athlete, you figure you work your whole life to have what you have, and to be able to show the world what you have and how proud you are of it, that’s always fun.

The money is what made me miserable. I want to be free of that stress.

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

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.

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.

I don’t believe in regret.

If I can walk, I’ll play.

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

It’s something that I had been pushing down my whole life. The search for meaning, I guess, the whispering of the soul.

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

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 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.

What I would tell young players is that as you get older, the best thing you can do is try to have other interests and have opportunities.

I think sometimes when it comes to sports, and especially relationships between players and coaches, that people lose track, lose a sense of reality.

If you identify yourself as a great football player, anytime anyone challenges that, you’re going to have some kind of problem.

Tomorrow doesn’t really exist.

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

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

Human beings aren’t supposed to be controlled and told what to do.

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.

A team takes on the personality of the head coach.

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.

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.

In therapy, I see myself in the mirror differently.

One of my biggest problems is that I’m always so influenced by what other people are thinking about me.

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

I had a lot of friends in high school and in college, and we had a good time.

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.

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.

Sometimes success will get in the way of maturity – at least temporarily.

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.

Anytime you play a team sport, the success of the team really makes everything better. It’s nice.

It’s good to do things slow in the bush. It makes you appreciate everything a lot more.

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

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

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.

I have no room in my life for any form of negativity or nonacceptance.

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.

Nine in the box… that’s a football term.

I think if I were a college professor, no one would say I was uncomfortable about being shy because that might be expected. But I think because of people’s stereotypes, they think of a football player as someone who is very outgoing and I’m not.

Texas was such a welcoming place, and with its unbelievable history and tradition, it’s extra special to be a part of that.

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.

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.

I’ve never been in trouble with the police.

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.

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.

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.

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.