10 Quotes & Sayings By Ricky Williams

Ricky Williams is a former American football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for ten seasons. He attended Texas Longhorns of The University of Texas and was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft. He played for the Saints until 2007 and for the Miami Dolphins from 2008 to 2010. During his NFL career, he won two Super Bowl rings with the Saints and one with the Dolphins Read more

His best season came in 2006 when he was named to his first Pro Bowl and won the NFL Comeback Player of the Year Award. For that season, he led all NFL rushers with 1,853 yards and 14 touchdowns on a team that lost its starting quarterback halfway through the season. He retired from professional football in April 2011 after testing positive for marijuana while he was a member of the Bills.

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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
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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.' Ricky Williams
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I want to thank all my fans, teammates, coaches and supporters for the strength they've given me to overcome so much. Ricky Williams
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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
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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
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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. Ricky Williams
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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
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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
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I don't think people change. I think they definitely mature. But I think the essence of what I am today is the same as when I was five years old. It's just maturity. I've become a healthier, fuller expression of that essence. Ricky Williams