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Ricky Williams
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: May 21
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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.
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One of my biggest problems is that I'm always so influenced by what other people are thinking about me.
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I've always been attracted to things that are taboo. I've never been afraid to go to that dark place.
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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.
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I've gotten to a point, where I realize that happiness doesn't come from the outside.
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I would drive home and see people wearing my No. 34 jersey and wonder why, because I didn't feel worthy of that. And all the time I just knew people were staring at me, talking about me everywhere I went.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Greatness is the willingness to choose in the midst of intensity.
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A team takes on the personality of the head coach.
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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.
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Now that I have conquered social anxiety disorder, I find pleasure in fans approaching me.
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Anytime you play a team sport, the success of the team really makes everything better. It's nice.
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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.
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Well, I don't think I've necessarily ever been a passionate football player or a passionate person.
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The money is what made me miserable. I want to be free of that stress.
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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.
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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.
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Human beings aren't supposed to be controlled and told what to do.
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