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Ricky Williams enjoys retirement as 'a healer and a philosopher'

It has been nearly seven years since Ricky Williams retired from the NFL for the final time. His football legacy is complex: He won a Heisman Trophy at Texas, rushed for more than 10,000 yards in the NFL and was one of the best Dolphins running backs to ever suit up. Yet some people will always remember him for marijuana use that consistently landed on him on the suspended list.

Several people who've met Williams simply describe him as a "different guy," but his former teammate Ronnie Brown told ESPN last month: "People didn't really understand Ricky. But when you got to know him, you would figure out what he was all about.