Everywhere I go, people hear Ricky Williams and the next thing they think is marijuana or wasted talent.
It's funny, people say 'Welcome back' when I haven't gone anywhere.
I want people to think they can't die until they see me play.
I've always been shy, but in New Orleans there were times my shyness would cause me actual physical pain. I'd get so claustrophobic around people that I'd bend over from the sickness in my stomach. That's not a good way to be when you're famous, obviously.
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.
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.
One of my biggest problems is that I'm always so influenced by what other people are thinking about me.
I feel no need and have no desire to give any attention to other people's opinion of me.
I don't care what people think about me because I know I am more than all the pain and strife they hold inside.
I think it's very easy for people to stereotype athletes, good and bad.
Everywhere I go, I hear 'Welcome back.' But everywhere I have been, I have always been with myself. I'm with myself now more than ever. It's funny people say 'Welcome back' when I haven't gone anywhere.
People are hungry because they're eating empty foods. Mine are full, and so am I.
I do feel like a loner but I think it's because I look at things differently than other people.
I'm nice because, when I was growing up, so many people weren't nice to me, and I remember how that felt. And I don't want to make anyone else feel like that. I value nice.
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.
He seems like a very open person. He was open to me. A lot of people would think that it would be hard to trust me in a situation, and he's been very trusting of me. So that definitely had a lot to do with me coming back.
I tell people I was a caterpillar locked in a cocoon when I was in New Orleans, but now I feel like I finally have my wings.
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.
When he first got drafted, you heard people wonder why you'd take a No. 2 pick for a guy that didn't even start in college,