Ricky Williams Quotes

I have no room in my life for any form of negativity or nonacceptance.
Ricky Williams

Life, Negativity, Room

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

Change, Today, Same

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

Time, Fear, Jealousy

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

Good, Learning, Healing

I do feel like a loner but I think it's because I look at things differently than other people.
Ricky Williams

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, Care, Hold

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

Forward, Person, Sometimes

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

Trying, Understand, Proud

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

History, Special, Place

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

Life, Success, Control

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

Good, Nothing, Living

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

Life, Courage, Real

Anytime you play a team sport, the success of the team really makes everything better. It's nice.
Ricky Williams

Success, Nice, Everything

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

Life, Work, Fun

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.
Ricky Williams

Best, Football, Person

I had this notion that everyone was staring at me and judging everything about me, from my appearance to the way I talk and everything.
Ricky Williams

Everything, Talk, Judging

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

Strength, Compassion, While

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

Sports, Reality, Sometimes

One thing I've learned about life is that if you really let go, it's just a joy ride.
Ricky Williams

Life, Joy, Learned

Sometimes success will get in the way of maturity - at least temporarily.
Ricky Williams

Success, Sometimes, Maturity

The moment I started treating my social anxiety disorder, I started feeling better.
Ricky Williams

Feeling, Moment, Social

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

Life, Reality, Control

A team takes on the personality of the head coach.
Ricky Williams

Team, Head, Takes

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

Time, Long, Human

At the core, we're all spiritual beings.
Ricky Williams

Spiritual, Core, Beings

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Nationality: American

Born: May 21, 1977

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