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
What's fun is how laid-back everything is. It's always great to get in the end zone, but it's especially great to do it against the best players in the world with millions of people watching.
I am more mature. I'm a better football player. I just feel like this is my time.
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.
If you identify yourself as a great football player, anytime anyone challenges that, you're going to have some kind of problem.
I think sometimes when it comes to sports, and especially relationships between players and coaches, that people lose track, lose a sense of reality.
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.
Well, I don't think I've necessarily ever been a passionate football player or a passionate person.
The people that I see on the street, they treat me more as a human being and not just an icon or a football player.
I've still got 4,000 yards left in me, ... Who is gonna turn that down?
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.
realizes that happiness doesn't come from the outside.
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.
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.
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.