Errick Lynne Williams Jr. Quotes

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

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• I think Ricky Williams had his time in the limelight. And I think it was good for what it was worth, and that was that.

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• I think it’s very easy for people to stereotype athletes, good and bad.

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• 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.

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• I think I have a tendency to look at things subjectively rather than objectively when I reflect on my experience.

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• 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. I studied Eastern philosophy, and I’ve grown as a person so much.

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

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• I really do love football.

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• 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.’

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• I like to live in places that are kind of off in the cuts so people can’t really find me even if they wanted to.

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• I have no room in my life for any form of negativity or nonacceptance.

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• I had this notion that everyone was staring at me and judging everything about me, from my appearance to the way I talk and everything.

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• I had a lot of friends in high school and in college, and we had a good time.

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• I feel no need and have no desire to give any attention to other people’s opinion of me.

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• 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.

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• I don’t think I’ll ever be able to stay in one place for more than a year or two. It’s not in my nature.

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• I don’t feel like my speed or my power or my desire to play this game has diminished at all.

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• I don’t care what people think about me because I know I am more than all the pain and strife they hold inside.

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• I don’t believe in regret.

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• I do feel like a loner but I think it’s because I look at things differently than other people.

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Errick Lynne Williams Jr. (71)

Birth:	21st May, 1977
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Football Player

About

Errick Lynne "Ricky" Williams, Jr. was born in San Diego, California, USA. He is a retired American football running back who played twelve seasons in the National Football League and 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. He was formerly an assistant football coach at the University of the Incarnate Word and is currently a football analyst for ESPN's Longhorn Network.

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