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" I think it's very easy for people to stereotype athletes, good and bad. "
Ricky Williams
Think
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Easy
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" 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. "
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" If you replace the word God in the Bible with the word Truth, it reads exactly right. "
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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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" It's something that I had been pushing down my whole life. The search for meaning, I guess, the whispering of the soul. "
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" 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. "
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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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" I don't care what people think about me because I know I am more than all the pain and strife they hold inside. "
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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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" 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. "
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" I don't feel like my speed or my power or my desire to play this game has diminished at all. "
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" Tomorrow doesn't really exist. "
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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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" There is no need to smear my name or to defame my character for the sake of news. "
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" Sometimes success will get in the way of maturity - at least temporarily. "
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" Growing up with two sisters, you either play by yourself or play Barbie with them. I played by myself. "
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" If I can walk, I'll play. "
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" The money is what made me miserable. I want to be free of that stress. "
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" The NFL has been an amazing page in this chapter of my life. I pray that all successive adventures offer me the same potential for growth, success and most importantly fun. "
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" 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. "
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" It's good to do things slow in the bush. It makes you appreciate everything a lot more. "
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Slow
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" At the core, we're all spiritual beings. "
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" The moment I started treating my social anxiety disorder, I started feeling better. "
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" I allowed myself to think if I could be doing anything in the world, what would I be doing? And what came to mind is I'd be traveling a little bit, I'd be going to classes and I'd be going back to school. "
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" I had a lot of friends in high school and in college, and we had a good time. "
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" I think I have a tendency to look at things subjectively rather than objectively when I reflect on my experience. "
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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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" 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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" 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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