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
We talk about life, we talk about our philosophies. He always sends me books. It's a different kind of relationship.
No, I don't talk to Leigh about money.
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.
I talk to Ronnie two or three times a week,
We talked before the game and I wished him good luck, ... It was good to see him out there.
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.
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'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.
You have to realize I've been away from the game for a long time,