Robert Williams came into the league with several tattoos, including the word "Loyalty" on his right arm, and the words "Est. 1997" on the outside of his biceps, referencing his year of birth.
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In July 2019, the summer after his rookie year, Williams arrived at training camp with a new tattoo on his neck, reading "LOE." In August that year, he explained to the Boston Globe that he got the tattoo in his hometown of Vivian, Louisiana, at the same time as four of his childhood friends:
“It’s LOE — loyalty over everything,” Williams said. “It took an hour, an hour and 20 minutes [to get done]. It hurt bad as hell, though. Loyalty means a lot, you know what I’m saying, more than family at times. Not everybody is going to be loyal to you, so I try to live by loyalty. Me and all my homeboys, we try to live by loyalty, be loyal to this game and it’s going to pay you back. You’ve just got to be loyal throughout everything.”He went on to explain his parents' reaction to the design:
“I’m grown now; my mom was just looking at it. She always told me if I was going to get neck tattoos, just at least wait until I got here [to the NBA],” Williams said. “At least I was old enough to where she can’t say nothing to me. My dad, he hates tattoos. He doesn’t even want to look at it but like I said, I’m grown now.
