Ricky Williams

Errick Lynne Williams Jr. (born 21 May 1977) is a former American football running back who played 12 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) and one season in the Canadian Football League (CFL).

Williams in 2009

Quotes

• I wouldn’t eat a chicken if it dropped dead in front of me holding up a sign that said, ‘Eat Me.’
  • About his vegetarianism. "Ricky Williams: Taking the Veggie Plunge" by Jennifer Santiago, PETAWorld.com (23 March 2006).

• I've got a lot of experience with eating and with fasting. Part of the reason people fast, especially in a spiritual and religious context, is to understand that you don't need food as much as you think you do. … The main source of energy is the sun. … the energy we get from food is energy plants have metabolized through photosynthesis and then some animal eats it and it goes into the animal's tissue and then we eat their tissue. There are other ways to access energy. … The religions are many, but God is one. I believe based on what I've studied, all religions say the same thing but in different ways.
  • "Ricky Williams on fasting, energy, religion" by Tim Graham, ESPN.com (17 September 2010).

• [Vegetarianism] changed my game, and it changed my body. I had tons of energy.
  • "Going Vegan in the NFL" by Kevin Gray, Men's Journal (December 2012).