Occupation: Football Player Birth: May 21, 1977
Greatness is the willingness to choose in the midst of intensity..
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..
Maybe I'm stupid or whatever, but to me if I got a concussion, if I could see straight and I could carry a football then I'm not telling anybody..
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….
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….
I started practicing yoga. I started learning some hands-on healing stuff. And I found really good chiropractors, really good massage therapists, and….
If you identify yourself as a great football player, anytime anyone challenges that, you're going to have some kind of problem..
I've always been attracted to things that are taboo. I've never been afraid to go to that dark place..
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 b….
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 ea….
I want to thank all my fans, teammates, coaches and supporters for the strength they've given me to overcome so much..
One of my biggest problems is that I'm always so influenced by what other people are thinking about me..
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….
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 agai….
One thing I've learned about life is that if you really let go, it's just a joy ride..
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 ….
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 o….
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 ….
Everywhere I go, people hear Ricky Williams and the next thing they think is marijuana or wasted talent..
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 tha….
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 ….