Ricky Williams Quotes

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.

Maybe I'm stupid or whatever, but to me if I got a concussion, if I could see straight and I could carry a football then I'm not telling anybody.

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

My helmet is off; I'm not afraid anymore.

I wouldn't eat a chicken if it dropped dead in front of me holding up a sign that said, Eat Me.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

Greatness is the willingness to choose in the midst of intensity.

I'm nice because, when I was growing up, so many people weren't nice to me, and I remember how that felt. And I don't want to make anyone else feel like that. I value nice.

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

I don't care what people think about me because I know I am more than all the pain and strife they hold inside.

I've never been in trouble with the police.

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

I want people to think they can't die until they see me play.

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

Well, I don't think I've necessarily ever been a passionate football player or a passionate person.

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.

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.

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

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

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

Nine in the box... that's a football term.

I really do love football.

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.

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.

I look very foolish. To a lot of people I look foolish in what I'm doing and I understand that. The only thing that matters is how I feel and if I let how they feel affect me it'll change how I feel.

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

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.

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

I want to thank all my fans, teammates, coaches and supporters for the strength they've given me to overcome so much.

Coaches want so many things from a back. It's hard to find someone like Edgerrin James or Marshall Faulk, someone you can trust to block, catch and be physical. But I can do all those things.

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

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

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

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

At the core, we're all spiritual beings.

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

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.

After I won the Heisman Trophy, it just was OK, I’m supposed to go to the NFL and so that’s what I did. I didn’t really have any expectations and I didn’t really understand how things worked.

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

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.

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.