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 More Quotes by Ricky Williams More Quotes From Ricky Williams I don't feel like my speed or my power or my desire to play this game has diminished at all. Ricky Williams games play desire Well, I don't think I've necessarily ever been a passionate football player or a passionate person. Ricky Williams player football thinking Human beings aren't supposed to be controlled and told what to do. Ricky Williams controlled supposed-to-be humans I really do love football. Ricky Williams football 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. Ricky Williams icons player football Nine in the box... that's a football term. Ricky Williams boxes nine football I have no room in my life for any form of negativity or nonacceptance. Ricky Williams negativity form rooms One of the biggest things I've done is learn how to love myself, flaws and all. Even the things I don't like about myself, I accept. People have made fun of me and made me self-conscious about talking so softly, for example, but I accept that as who I am and I'm not changing it for anybody. I'm at peace with who I am now, and once you've achieved that, all the other stuff disappears. Ricky Williams who-i-am self fun I am more mature. I'm a better football player. I just feel like this is my time. Ricky Williams mature player football I've followed freedom for a long time and I finally feel I've got more of it. People talk about the money that I've given up and the money that I've lost. But the knowledge and the wisdom that I've gotten from this experience is priceless. Ricky Williams priceless long people I've always been shy, but in New Orleans there were times my shyness would cause me actual physical pain. I'd get so claustrophobic around people that I'd bend over from the sickness in my stomach. That's not a good way to be when you're famous, obviously. Ricky Williams new-orleans pain people 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. Ricky Williams coaches block want I love myself. Because I'm all that I have and if I don't love myself, no one else will. Whenever I feel myself starting to dislike something I tell myself, "This is who I am," so what's the point in disliking it? Ricky Williams dislike 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. Ricky Williams jobs football long My helmet is off; I'm not afraid anymore. Ricky Williams helmet not-afraid It's funny, people say 'Welcome back' when I haven't gone anywhere. Ricky Williams back-when gone people 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. Ricky Williams foolish people My whole thing in life is I just want freedom. I thought that money would give me that freedom. I was wrong. It bound me more than it freed me, because now I had more things to worry about, more people asking for money, I thought I had to buy a house and nice cars and different things that people with money are supposed to do. Ricky Williams nice giving people I'm halfway intelligent. I'll figure something out. Ricky Williams halfway figures intelligent What I would tell young players is that as you get older, the best thing you can do is try to have other interests and have opportunities. Ricky Williams player opportunity trying
