"Texas was such a welcoming place, and with its unbelievable history and tradition, it's extra special to be a part of that."
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"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."
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"I've had a lot of clouds in my life since I got into pro football -- too many -- but now I feel like I can see really clearly for the first time. And I can see the Super Bowl from here."
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"One of the biggest things I've done is learn how to love myself, flaws and all. Even the things I don't like about myself, I accept. People have made fun of me and made me self-conscious about talking so softly, for example, but I accept that as who I am and I'm not changing it for anybody. I'm at peace with who I am now, and once you've achieved that, all the other stuff disappears."
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"If you identify yourself as a great football player, anytime anyone challenges that, you're going to have some kind of problem."
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"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."
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"Well, I don't think I've necessarily ever been a passionate football player or a passionate person."
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"There's nothing I miss about anything in the whole wide world. The idea of missing something means you're not living in the moment. Every moment is good for something."
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"Everywhere I go, people hear Ricky Williams and the next thing they think is marijuana or wasted talent."
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"I am an honest, God-fearing man who is intensely dedicated to being the best person I can be on and off the football field."
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"Anytime you play a team sport, the success of the team really makes everything better. It's nice."
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"When you make that crossover from life to real life, when you're not treated as a child anymore but as a man, and you are no longer given the benefit of the doubt, it takes some courage to face that."
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"I look very foolish. To a lot of people I look foolish in what I'm doing and I understand that. The only thing that matters is how I feel and if I let how they feel affect me it'll change how I feel."
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"I want to thank all my fans, teammates, coaches and supporters for the strength they've given me to overcome so much."
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"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."
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"I'm a huge gamer, everything from PC to Xbox to PS2."
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"In therapy, I see myself in the mirror differently."
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"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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"The NFL has been an amazing page in this chapter of my life. I pray that all successive adventures offer me the same potential for growth, success and most importantly fun."
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"A team takes on the personality of the head coach."
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