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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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" If you replace the word God in the Bible with the word Truth, it reads exactly right. "

" The money is what made me miserable. I want to be free of that stress. "

" 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. "

" Now that I have conquered social anxiety disorder, I find pleasure in fans approaching me. "

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

" I think I have a tendency to look at things subjectively rather than objectively when I reflect on my experience. "

" I've never been in trouble with the police. "

" 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. "

" A team takes on the personality of the head coach. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Growing up with two sisters, you either play by yourself or play Barbie with them. I played by myself. "

" At the core, we're all spiritual beings. "

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" If I can walk, I'll play. "

" I don't feel like my speed or my power or my desire to play this game has diminished at all. "

" I think if I were a college professor, no one would say I was uncomfortable about being shy because that might be expected. But I think because of people's stereotypes, they think of a football player as someone who is very outgoing and I'm not. "

" 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. "

" Well, I am now convinced there is no kind of fear or anxiety anyone has to live with. "

" I think it's very easy for people to stereotype athletes, good and bad. "

" I stepped away to find out more about myself, which I was having difficulty doing as a football player. I got a chance to travel the world. I studied Eastern philosophy, and I've grown as a person so much. "

" In therapy, I see myself in the mirror differently. "

" If I was doing something for the money, I'd be quite miserable. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Nine in the box... that's a football term. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I've always been attracted to things that are taboo. I've never been afraid to go to that dark place. "