If you replace the word God in the Bible with the word Truth, it reads exactly right. Ricky Williams More Quotes by Ricky Williams More Quotes From Ricky Williams 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 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. Ricky Williams concussions stupid football 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. Ricky Williams back-when gone people 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 ties long thinking I don't care what people think about me because I know I am more than all the pain and strife they hold inside. Ricky Williams pain people thinking It used to be irritating just because someone can meet you and before they would get a chance to get to know you, they’ll go find someone else’s story about who I am. For me personally, I just always think it’s more interesting to get to know the person myself. Ricky Williams who-i-am interesting thinking 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. Ricky Williams looks moving thinking 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. Ricky Williams shy who-i-am trying 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. Ricky Williams clouds football firsts Texas was such a welcoming place, and with its unbelievable history and tradition, it's extra special to be a part of that. Ricky Williams welcome texas special It's something that I had been pushing down my whole life. The search for meaning, I guess, the whispering of the soul. Ricky Williams whispering pushing soul I've never been in trouble with the police. Ricky Williams police trouble I would drive home and see people wearing my No. 34 jersey and wonder why, because I didn't feel worthy of that. And all the time I just knew people were staring at me, talking about me everywhere I went. Ricky Williams home talking people 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. Ricky Williams player college football 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 football philosophy travel 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. Ricky Williams athlete fun world Everywhere I go, people hear Ricky Williams and the next thing they think is marijuana or wasted talent. Ricky Williams marijuana people thinking 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 limelight thinking I'm a huge gamer, everything from PC to Xbox to PS2. Ricky Williams xbox gamer huge I think sometimes when it comes to sports, and especially relationships between players and coaches, that people lose track, lose a sense of reality. Ricky Williams player sports reality
