Ricky Williams Quotes

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.

I got high, and forgot I wasn't supposed to get high.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I'm halfway intelligent. I'll figure something out.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

Everywhere I go, I hear 'Welcome back.' But everywhere I have been, I have always been with myself. I'm with myself now more than ever. It's funny people say 'Welcome back' when I haven't gone anywhere.

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

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.

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

I am more mature. I'm a better football player. I just feel like this is my time.

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

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