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" I want to thank all my fans, teammates, coaches and supporters for the strength they've given me to overcome so much. "
Ricky Williams
Want
Me
Overcome
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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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" 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. "
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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. "
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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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" A team takes on the personality of the head coach. "
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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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" Sometimes success will get in the way of maturity - at least temporarily. "
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" I've never been in trouble with the police. "
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" I think sometimes when it comes to sports, and especially relationships between players and coaches, that people lose track, lose a sense of reality. "
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" 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.' "
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" 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. "
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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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" 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. "
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" The moment I started treating my social anxiety disorder, I started feeling better. "
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" When you make that crossover from life to real life, when you're not treated as a child anymore but as a man, and you are no longer given the benefit of the doubt, it takes some courage to face that. "
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" I think it's very easy for people to stereotype athletes, good and bad. "
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Bad
Easy
" Well, I don't think I've necessarily ever been a passionate football player or a passionate person. "
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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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" I had a lot of friends in high school and in college, and we had a good time. "
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" 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. "
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" People are hungry because they're eating empty foods. Mine are full, and so am I. "
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" I don't think I'll ever be able to stay in one place for more than a year or two. It's not in my nature. "
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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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" 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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" I do feel like a loner but I think it's because I look at things differently than other people. "
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