Ricky Williams
Ricky Williams
Errick Lynne "Ricky" Williams Jr.is a retired American football running back who played twelve seasons in the National Football Leagueand one season in the Canadian Football League. He played college football for the University of Texas, where he was a two-time All-American and won the Heisman Trophy. Williams was drafted by the New Orleans Saints fifth overall in the 1999 NFL Draft and spent three seasons with the team before he was traded to the Miami Dolphins in 2002. He...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth21 May 1977
CitySan Diego, CA
CountryUnited States of America
You know why beads were started, don't you? ... They were used to count your prayers.
I was away for a year and I seem to be feeling all right, ... I think I should be all right.
might look complicated to others, but it's not complicated to me. Maybe it looks that way from the outside, but it isn't.
Yeah, we made a bet. I lost the bet. I lost the bet.
I didn't think it would be very special. Coming back to a franchise, an organization that I worked for three years, it felt good to be back here. It was good to see a lot of old friends.
I didn't know so many people would come up to me and give me a hug and tell me they were happy to have me back, ... ..... I'm just here to work.
I didn't quit football because I failed a drug test, I failed a drug test because I was ready to quit football,
I'm disappointed with the decision but I respect it. I'm proud of my association with the National Football League and look forward to returning to the Dolphins in 2007.
I'm disappointed with the decision, but I respect it.
I just can't sit around and do nothing. I'm always looking for some type of stimulation.
I'm a beast in the second half. . . .
I loved playing football, but the reasons I loved football were just to feed my ego. And any time you feed your ego, it's a one-way street. There were so many things I had to deal with that erased the positives I got from playing the game that it wasn't worth it. It's like eating a Big Mac and drinking a Diet Coke.
It's no less than it's ever been. What's in your heart, that doesn't change.
Anytime you keep hearing the same thing over and over again, you start to believe it.