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.

— Ricky Williams

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.'

— Ricky Williams

I sometimes think when it comes to sports, and especially relationships between players and coaches, that people lose track, lose a sense of reality.

— Ricky Williams

I started practicing yoga. I started learning some hands-on healing stuff. And I found perfect chiropractors, perfect 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.

— Ricky Williams

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. Furthermore, I studied Eastern philosophy, and I've grown as a person so much.

— Ricky Williams

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

— Ricky Williams

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.

— Ricky Williams

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.

— Ricky Williams

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.

— Ricky Williams