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" I want to really start focusing on what I want to accomplish and what it is I want to achieve, but not micromanaging this or that and focusing on the little things. "

Ricky Williams

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Little Things

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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. "

" 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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Football

" It's good to do things slow in the bush. It makes you appreciate everything a lot more. "

" I realized a while back that I have an innate ability to be compassionate, and I saw that the strength of compassion is something that healers have and healers use.' "

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

" Playing in the National Football League, you're told, you know, where to be, when to be there, what to wear, how to be there. Being able to step away from that, I have an opportunity to look deeper into myself and look for what's real. "

" 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. "

" As human beings we have a tendency when we like something to tie it up and make sure it's there for a long time. I've been working on being able to let things go. I don't think I ever want to buy property again. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I want to thank all my fans, teammates, coaches and supporters for the strength they've given me to overcome so much. "

Ricky Williams

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Overcome

" I had a lot of friends in high school and in college, and we had a good time. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

Ricky Williams

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People

" 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 those layers and really understand who I am, I don't have anything to be shy about. "

" I like to live in places that are kind of off in the cuts so people can't really find me even if they wanted to. "

Ricky Williams

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People

" If you identify yourself as a great football player, anytime anyone challenges that, you're going to have some kind of problem. "

" I feel no need and have no desire to give any attention to other people's opinion of me. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I'm closer to being happy. I'm doing things that make me happy. In football I loved to practice and I loved to play, but I hated to be in meetings, hated to talk to the media, hated to have cameras in my face, hated to sign autographs. I hated to do all those things. "

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

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

Ricky Williams

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Fans

" I don't believe in regret. "

Ricky Williams

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Believe

" I don't care what people think about me because I know I am more than all the pain and strife they hold inside. "