Greatness is the willingness to choose in the midst of intensity. Ricky Williams More Quotes by Ricky Williams More Quotes From Ricky Williams 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. Ricky Williams yoga healing moving I got high, and forgot I wasn't supposed to get high. Ricky Williams funny-weed getting-high marijuana 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. Ricky Williams new-york football moving 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 more-to-life able trying 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. Ricky Williams pay attention reality 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 jealousy greed thinking One thing I've learned about life is that if you really let go, it's just a joy ride. Ricky Williams life-is letting-go joy I do feel like a loner but I think it's because I look at things differently than other people. Ricky Williams loner people thinking The money is what made me miserable. I want to be free of that stress. Ricky Williams miserable stress want 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. Ricky Williams growing-up nice people Growing up with two sisters, you either play by yourself or play Barbie with them. I played by myself. Ricky Williams growing-up play two I think it's very easy for people to stereotype athletes, good and bad. Ricky Williams athlete people thinking I wouldn't eat a chicken if it dropped dead in front of me holding up a sign that said, Eat Me. Ricky Williams vegetarian chickens said I want people to think they can't die until they see me play. Ricky Williams play people thinking People are hungry because they're eating empty foods. Mine are full, and so am I. Ricky Williams hungry eating 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. Ricky Williams micromanaging want littles 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. Ricky Williams missing mean ideas I feel no need and have no desire to give any attention to other people's opinion of me. Ricky Williams desire giving people 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. Ricky Williams nature years thinking And any time you feed your ego, it's a one-way street. ... There were so many things I had to deal with that erased the positives I got from playing the game that it wasn't worth it. It's like eating a Big Mac and drinking a Diet Coke. Ricky Williams ego drinking games
