Wearing Ricky Williams Ravens jersey, Williams is best memorized of his finest season in 2002, when he ran for 1,853 yards and 16 touchdowns in his first season in Miami. And then Williams’ performance had only two more 1,000-yard seasons, one coming before the 2004 season, which he sat out amid his self-imposed exile from the game, and one coming after it. It’s unfortunate that Williams was never again as good on the field as he was in ’02, but for the past three seasons he still played a valuable role in the Dolphins’ backfield.
However, we have to confess that Ricky Williams was more than just a football player, though when he was at his best wearing Miami Dolphins jerseys. Wearing Baltimore Ravens jerseys, Ricky Williams is believed to play his position as well as anyone. Here the Sun-Sentinel columnist Dave Hyde wrote an insightful column, recalling a conversation he shared with Williams that went like this:
Dave:”How’s it going?” Ricky:”I’m alive.”
“That beats the alternative.” “Some people don’t think so.”
“Who?” “Some deeply spiritual people. Death is welcome to them.”
Of course, it’s an interesting conversation, isn’t it?