Ricky Williams Quotes

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Ricky Williams

Profession : Football Player

Birth : May 21, 1977

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

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

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

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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.

Ricky Williams

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

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.

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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.

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.'

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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

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

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

Ricky Williams

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

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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 think Ricky Williams had his time in the limelight. And I think it was good for what it was worth, and that was that.

Ricky Williams

In therapy, I see myself in the mirror differently.

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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 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'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

I've always been attracted to things that are taboo. I've never been afraid to go to that dark place.

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