Ricky is back in the game

First of all, where are you man? Did you drink too much sweet tea in Georgia? Are you getting old and can't hold your liquor like you used to or see too many magic cities.


Why I like Ricky Williams can be defined at the end. He is a deeply thoughtful individual and he underscored the difference in playing football and in being an NFL football player. I remember when one of my coaches called me too smart to play football. What he meant was that I was smart enough to recognize the head games and posturing, and getting me to buy in required entitlement as oppossed to blind following. If the leader is profound, then blind following is ok. Not too many of us get the priviledge of having a profound leader, thus the behaviors associated with me being too smart were bound to show up on occasion, like when I told a position coach that all he needs to do is direct us. Many people were shocked that I can say something like that, but in reality they could not grasp what I meant. That coach just regurgitated what he was told and was not capable of teaching us. Since he couldn't teach, what else could he do besides direct us because he didn't know the principles behind his calls. A dissenter I was, no. I was more likely a realistic person aware of his leadership situation. Rickly walked out on Wannedstadt. I know why, but a lot of other people don't have the capacity and depth to understand his decision making process. Most Americans are lazy and stupid and won't take the time to learn such things unless there is a tragedy or something similar happens that personally affects them. Racism is one of those things that lazy people won't learn until the day they get the priviledge of sitting in someone else's shoes. I say priviledge because to be educated by life is a gift. Football players are in a difficult situation. Because of Fantasy sports, they get more media coverage than actors. The only thing is that actors like that have their free will and can do what they want. A football players makes in their life time what an actor can make in one movie. As a result, they are always accountable and always leveraged. Any action that a man takes in order to be to make his own decisions and to pursue happiness is an action that I appreciate. He is the first football player to pursue happiness despite being owned. Being someone that was called too smart to play football, I can truly relate. Can't you Robert Smith and Tiki Barber?


http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/309172.html
"I hated being a football player before," Williams said. "Someone asked me a question. They said, 'Do you like playing football?' I thought about it and I thought about it and I thought about it. And the next day, I was doing this exercise and I was writing down my ideal paradise moment. And when I really thought about it, it was playing football. I realized that I love to play football and I love to be on the field. But I hated being a football player."