--- title: "7 Ball player Quotes By Ricky Williams" description: "7 Ball player quotes by Ricky Williams. Plus more from Ricky Williams and more Ball player sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/448/ricky-williams-6740_ball-player_if-you-identify-yourself-as-a-great-foot_529525.png" --- > [If you identify yourself as a great football player, anytime anyone challenges that, you're going to have some kind of problem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-williams/if-you-identify-yourself-as-a-great-football-player-anytime-anyone/) [Ricky Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/448/ricky-williams-6740_ball-player_if-you-identify-yourself-as-a-great-foot_529525.png) > [Well, I don't think I've necessarily ever been a passionate football player or a passionate person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-williams/well-i-don-t-think-i-ve-necessarily-ever-been-a-passionate-football/) [Ricky Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc7/ricky-williams-6740_ball-player_well-i-don-t-think-i-ve-necessarily-ever_632375.png) > [The people that I see on the street, they treat me more as a human being and not just an icon or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-williams/the-people-that-i-see-on-the-street-they-treat-me-more-as-a-human/) [Ricky Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/872/ricky-williams-6740_ball-player_the-people-that-i-see-on-the-street-they_1500598.png) > [I stepped away to find out more about myself, which I was having difficulty doing as a football player. I got a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-williams/i-stepped-away-to-find-out-more-about-myself-which-i-was-having/) [Ricky Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64a/ricky-williams-6740_away_i-stepped-away-to-find-out-more-about-my_1715783.png) > [I am more mature. I'm a better football player. I just feel like this is my time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-williams/i-am-more-mature-i-m-a-better-football-player-i-just-feel-like-this/) [Ricky Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/478/ricky-williams-6740_ball-player_i-am-more-mature-i-m-a-better-football-p_1776941.png) > [I think if I were a college professor, no one would say I was uncomfortable about being shy because that might be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-williams/i-think-if-i-were-a-college-professor-no-one-would-say-i-was/) [Ricky Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f67/ricky-williams-6740_ball-player_i-think-if-i-were-a-college-professor-no_1811219.jpg) > [I led the NFL in attempts the past two years and they really didn’t go out and get a quarterback to help…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-williams/i-led-the-nfl-in-attempts-the-past-two-years-and-they-really-didn-t/) [Ricky Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f46/ricky-williams-6740_able_i-led-the-nfl-in-attempts-the-past-two-y_2195188.png) ## Other authors on Ball player ## More by Ricky Williams > [I want people to think they can't die until they see me play.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-williams/i-want-people-to-think-they-can-t-die-until-they-see-me-play/) [Ricky Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-williams/) > [I'm closer to being happy. I'm doing things that make me happy. In football I loved to practice and I loved to play, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-williams/i-m-closer-to-being-happy-i-m-doing-things-that-make-me-happy-in/) [Ricky Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-williams/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-williams/when-you-make-that-crossover-from-life-to-real-life-when-you-re-not/) [Ricky Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-williams/) > [I think sometimes when it comes to sports, and especially relationships between players and coaches, that people lose track, lose a sense of reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-williams/i-think-sometimes-when-it-comes-to-sports-and-especially/) [Ricky Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-williams/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-williams/i-don-t-think-people-change-i-think-they-definitely-mature-but-i/) [Ricky Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-williams/) > [I don't care what people think about me because I know I am more than all the pain and strife they hold inside.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-williams/i-don-t-care-what-people-think-about-me-because-i-know-i-am-more-than/) [Ricky Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-williams/) > [The money is what made me miserable. I want to be free of that stress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-williams/the-money-is-what-made-me-miserable-i-want-to-be-free-of-that-stress/) [Ricky Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-williams/) > [If I can walk, I'll play.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-williams/if-i-can-walk-i-ll-play/) [Ricky Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-williams/) > [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,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-williams/i-don-t-think-i-ll-ever-be-able-to-stay-in-one-place-for-more-than-a/) [Ricky Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-williams/) > [Greatness is the willingness to choose in the midst of intensity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-williams/greatness-is-the-willingness-to-choose-in-the-midst-of-intensity/) [Ricky Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-williams/) > [If you want to surf, move to Hawaii. If you like to shop, move to New York. If you like acting and Hollywood, move…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-williams/if-you-want-to-surf-move-to-hawaii-if-you-like-to-shop-move-to-new/) [Ricky Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-williams/) > [I've gotten to a point, where I realize that happiness doesn't come from the outside.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-williams/i-ve-gotten-to-a-point-where-i-realize-that-happiness-doesn-t-come/) [Ricky Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-williams/) > [At the core, we're all spiritual beings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-williams/at-the-core-we-re-all-spiritual-beings/) [Ricky Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-williams/) > [Football is my job, not my life, but it's a job I'm going to give my all for as long as I'm in it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-williams/football-is-my-job-not-my-life-but-it-s-a-job-i-m-going-to-give-my/) [Ricky Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-williams/) > [One of my biggest problems is that I'm always so influenced by what other people are thinking about me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-williams/one-of-my-biggest-problems-is-that-i-m-always-so-influenced-by-what/) [Ricky Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-williams/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ball-player/ricky-williams/#itemlist", "name": "7 Ball player Quotes By Ricky Williams", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you identify yourself as a great football player, anytime anyone challenges that, you're going to have some kind of problem.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ricky Williams" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-williams/if-you-identify-yourself-as-a-great-football-player-anytime-anyone/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/448/ricky-williams-6740_ball-player_if-you-identify-yourself-as-a-great-foot_529525.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/448/ricky-williams-6740_ball-player_if-you-identify-yourself-as-a-great-foot_529525.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/448/ricky-williams-6740_ball-player_if-you-identify-yourself-as-a-great-foot_529525.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you identify yourself as a great football player, anytime anyone challenges that, you're going to have…” — Ricky Williams", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Well, I don't think I've necessarily ever been a passionate football player or a passionate person.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ricky Williams" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-williams/well-i-don-t-think-i-ve-necessarily-ever-been-a-passionate-football/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc7/ricky-williams-6740_ball-player_well-i-don-t-think-i-ve-necessarily-ever_632375.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc7/ricky-williams-6740_ball-player_well-i-don-t-think-i-ve-necessarily-ever_632375.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc7/ricky-williams-6740_ball-player_well-i-don-t-think-i-ve-necessarily-ever_632375.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Well, I don't think I've necessarily ever been a passionate football player or a passionate person.” — Ricky Williams", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ricky Williams" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-williams/the-people-that-i-see-on-the-street-they-treat-me-more-as-a-human/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/872/ricky-williams-6740_ball-player_the-people-that-i-see-on-the-street-they_1500598.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/872/ricky-williams-6740_ball-player_the-people-that-i-see-on-the-street-they_1500598.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/872/ricky-williams-6740_ball-player_the-people-that-i-see-on-the-street-they_1500598.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The people that I see on the street, they treat me more as a human being and not just an icon or a football…” — Ricky Williams", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I stepped away to find out more about myself, which I was having difficulty doing as a football player. 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