The way I live my life, if I have a place to stay and I have food on the table, then I'm not broke. (Ricky Williams)
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 fun of me and made me self-conscious about talking so softly, for example, but I accept that as who I am and I'm not changing it for anybody. I'm at peace with who I am now, and once you've achieved that, all the other stuff disappears. (Ricky Williams)
The problem wasn't with the city, the sport, my teammates or my coach, even though I blamed all of them at one time or another. The problem was with me. But I didn't realize it back then because I hadn't been told that there was a clinical reason -- social anxiety disorder -- for everything odd I was feeling, everything from the depression to the shyness. I didn't understand that some of the things that were holding me back were chemical. (Ricky Williams)
I guess I haven't earned his respect yet, ... He feels like I have to earn it. That's something I can understand. I'm definitely looking forward to him calling me that. (Ricky Williams)
He seems like a very open person. He was open to me. A lot of people would think that it would be hard to trust me in a situation, and he's been very trusting of me. So that definitely had a lot to do with me coming back. (Ricky Williams)
It shows how important it is to stay behind your team even through the hard times. Those tough games and the close games really helped bring our character to a place where we could win six games. (Ricky Williams)
When I was in school, at the time he was the governor of Texas, ... Sometimes he would work out in our weight room. I had a chance to talk to him a couple of times. I was lifting, he was just riding a bike. I think he's a nice person. (Ricky Williams)
Every step you make there's just more and more distractions. There's just more things that can go wrong and do go wrong. It's just mental toughness. (Ricky Williams)
I found a reason to apologize. We are all different ... If someone sees things differently than I do, I still have to respect them, therefore, if I hurt someone or if they felt what I did upset them, then out of respect for them, I owe them an apology. (Ricky Williams)
I was surprised, ... I thought there would be more boos. (Ricky Williams)
It's not like last year. They do have a running back. One player's not going to make much a difference, especially with Ronnie, (Ricky Williams)
As the game goes on, I usually get stronger and more comfortable and have a better feel for what to do. Life is about opportunities. Unfortunately Ronnie was down, so this week I made the most of the opportunity. (Ricky Williams)
I made the decision to retire because there were some things about life I wanted to explore outside of football, ... ..... I'm very regretful that people were hurt in the process of me doing that. ..... I offer an apology to all of the people who were negatively hurt by my decision. (Ricky Williams)
Victories have been hard to come by this year. I think when we can, late in the game, stick together and pull one out it's going to help our confidence. (Ricky Williams)