The moment I started treating my social anxiety disorder, I started feeling better.
— Ricky Williams
One thing I've learned about life is that if you really let go, it's just a joy ride.
One of my biggest problems is that I'm always so influenced by what other people are thinking about me.
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.
Well, I don't think I've necessarily ever been a passionate football player or a passionate person.
I'm closer to being happy. I'm doing things that make me happy. In football I loved to practice and I loved to play, but I hated to be in meetings, hated to talk to the media, hated to have cameras in my face, hated to sign autographs. I hated to do all those things.
I've let a lot of things go, and obviously football is one of them. I think the hardest thing to let go is your self-image. That's what I'm working on now.
I want to thank all my fans, teammates, coaches and supporters for the strength they've given me to overcome so much.
If I was doing something for the money, I'd be quite miserable.
There is no need to smear my name or to defame my character for the sake of news.
Tomorrow doesn't really exist.
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.
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.
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.
The NFL has been an amazing page in this chapter of my life. I pray that all successive adventures offer me the same potential for growth, success and most importantly fun.
If you identify yourself as a great football player, anytime anyone challenges that, you're going to have some kind of problem.
I am an honest, God-fearing man who is intensely dedicated to being the best person I can be on and off the football field.
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.
Nine in the box... that's a football term.
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.
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.'
