Ricky Williams Quotations | Page 2

You know why beads were started, don't you? ... They were used to count your prayers.

Well, I work, I have a job now, so it will have to be dinner.

This whole thing is a little confusing. I'll just leave it at that. The best way to say it is he violated the program.

This whole thing gets crazier by the day.

Why do you think I'll play football again?

You can look inside and there are certain forces that push you. I'm kind of hoping they push me to play football again.

To get more out of yourself, you have to expect more out of yourself. Before your body can achieve it, your mind has to perceive it.

What's fun is how laid-back everything is. It's always great to get in the end zone, but it's especially great to do it against the best players in the world with millions of people watching.

Victories have been hard to come by this year. I think when we can, late in the game, stick together and pull one out it's going to help our confidence.

You have to realize I've been away from the game for a long time,

To watch this team grow and be part of it has been special. We've made strides, and we can be confident that we can go into next season strong.

Every step you make there's just more and more distractions. There's just more things that can go wrong and do go wrong. It's just mental toughness.

As the game goes on, I usually get stronger and more comfortable and have a better feel for what to do. Life is about opportunities. Unfortunately Ronnie was down, so this week I made the most of the opportunity.

The way I live my life, if I have a place to stay and I have food on the table, then I'm not broke.

I've still got 4,000 yards left in me, ... Who is gonna turn that down?

realizes that happiness doesn't come from the outside.

After getting my blood tested and having a nutritionist show me exactly which foods work best as fuel for me, I can feel the machine working efficiently, my body grabbing at the food after workouts.

Once we get through the mental part and get on the field, it will be fun. We don't have any Monday night or Sunday night games this year, so it's a chance to take advantage of the national attention and make a name for ourselves.

They spent the No. 2 pick on him for a reason.

This is the ultimate team game, but I make everyone else on my team better by making myself better.

At least I quit before all the fantasy drafts. Let's face it: If I'd quit after the drafts, the fans would all hate me.

It was something that everyone could enjoy. It is a multicultural event.

It's not like last year. They do have a running back. One player's not going to make much a difference, especially with Ronnie,

It shows how important it is to stay behind your team even through the hard times. Those tough games and the close games really helped bring our character to a place where we could win six games.

It's hard to judge your game without looking at the film. I thought I competed. That's what I wanted to do.

That's really up to the Dolphins about the money. ... This whole thing gets crazier by the day.

The biggest thing is I'm going to a place where we're going to win right away, and I'm going to be a part of that. That's all you can really ask for.

The best way I can think to put it is that I'm back here to work,

The biggest plus for me is I'm coming into a situation where they already have a good team. They're just adding a good player. I'm going to be surrounded with talent. I'm not going to feel like it's my job to win games. I just have to do my part.

It was a blessing for me to play with a guy like that, ... In most situations like that, things usually don't work out. There's a lot of animosity. So thank God for playing with a guy like that.

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.

It will be different, ... I played with him for four years. But I'm happy for him and I'm sure he's happy for me. Now, it's time to lock up.

It's no less than it's ever been. What's in your heart, that doesn't change.

Anytime you keep hearing the same thing over and over again, you start to believe it.

I'm disappointed with the decision but I respect it. I'm proud of my association with the National Football League and look forward to returning to the Dolphins in 2007.

I'm disappointed with the decision, but I respect it.

I just can't sit around and do nothing. I'm always looking for some type of stimulation.

I'm a beast in the second half. . . .

I loved playing football, but the reasons I loved football were just to feed my ego. 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.

I like Ronnie. I like him a lot.

I'm on the team right now. What's going to happen, I can't really say. I'm a spiritual person, so I believe that whatever happens is God's will. Whatever it is, I'll make the best of this and life goes on.

If you look at it, it had to be more difficult for them having to travel on the day of the game. We can't use that as an excuse. Any day we play, any time we play, we have to be ready to perform.

I really don't have an expectation. I found that expectations really get in the way. I don't make that choice. I don't decide how many carries I will have, therefore it's pointless for me to have expectations about it.

I really could not tell you how much money I have.

I just have to keep on working and try to get better every day. That is where I keep my focus, and all of the outside stuff won't have an effect on me.

I just don't want to be in this business anymore," Williams told the paper. "I was never strong enough to not play football, but I'm strong enough now. I've considered everything about this. Everyone has thrown every possible scenario at me about why I shouldn't do this, but they're in denial. I'm happy with my decision. I'm finally free. I can't remember ever being this happy.

I didn't think it would be very special. Coming back to a franchise, an organization that I worked for three years, it felt good to be back here. It was good to see a lot of old friends.

I didn't know so many people would come up to me and give me a hug and tell me they were happy to have me back, ... ..... I'm just here to work.

I didn't quit football because I failed a drug test, I failed a drug test because I was ready to quit football,

I definitely see why they used a No. 2 pick on him.

This is my time. A door has swung open. You haven't seen the best of me yet.

Tomorrow doesn't really exist.

When I retired, I felt that I lived more in that year than I had the previous 27 years of my life.

Greatness is the willingness to choose in the midst of intensity.

I got high, and forgot I wasn't supposed to get high.

At the core, we're all spiritual beings.

I led the NFL in attempts the past two years and they really didn’t go out and get a quarterback to help me so I knew it’s going to be all on me again. I could see my mortality as a football player, that I’m not going to be able to do this much longer. It just became obvious to me that playing football for me is not going to be fun, not something I’m going to enjoy and it’s time for me to do something different.

Everywhere I go, people hear Ricky Williams and the next thing they think is marijuana or wasted talent.

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.

I can look back at it now as definitely like an initiation into adulthood. Almost overnight in the NFL, I was put on a pedestal and I was supposed to be this icon or this image of what a professional athlete was supposed to be. I felt like I just got stuck trying to be someone else and I forgot who I actually was.

After I won the Heisman Trophy, it just was OK, I’m supposed to go to the NFL and so that’s what I did. I didn’t really have any expectations and I didn’t really understand how things worked.

Depending on their fondest memory of you, most people hold on so tightly to their fondest memory they don’t usually let you be anything greater than that. And that’s one of the things I think I allowed myself to be a victim of earlier in my career. What I learned as I got older is I decide. I decide what it’s like for me, not other people. You can be whatever you’d like to be. You just have to choose it.

I really do love football.

I don't believe in regret.

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.

I'm halfway intelligent. I'll figure something out.

It's funny, people say 'Welcome back' when I haven't gone anywhere.

My helmet is off; I'm not afraid anymore.

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.

I am more mature. I'm a better football player. I just feel like this is my time.

I want people to think they can't die until they see me play.

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.

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.

If I can walk, I'll play.

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.

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.

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.

I'm nice because, when I was growing up, so many people weren't nice to me, and I remember how that felt. And I don't want to make anyone else feel like that. I value nice.

I wouldn't eat a chicken if it dropped dead in front of me holding up a sign that said, Eat Me.