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" I appreciate the fans who come out here, and they support us, but it's football. We're not saving lives. We're not police officers. We're not doctors. We're football players, first and foremost. If you want to stop watching the game because a guy feels strongly about a very serious topic that's going on in our society, then that's your choice. "

Doug Baldwin

Police

Society

" I'm not one of those typical receivers who's like a robot in the slot or outside. "

Doug Baldwin

Outside

Those

" We are kind of in a false reality here, playing football. "

" You're always fighting the demons. "

" I want to know what coverage it is every single time. I want to line up and be able to read what the defense is trying to do to me so I can get open. "

Doug Baldwin

Time

Know

" Communities have changed. Our society is changing. Sometimes I feel like our law enforcement, the public services, they don't have enough resources to keep up with the changes that we see in our society. "

" Change is inevitable, change will always happen, but you have to apply direction to change, and that's when it's progress. "

" What separates me is I'm a dog. I use that term very strongly because that's what I am. That's why I have an angry demeanor. It's not a front. It's not a face. "

" I would say I had anger-management issues, to be honest with you. But it was only on the football field. "

" I don't have a chip on my shoulder. I have a boulder on my shoulder. "

" As we've grown as a country, we've allowed our fears and our doubts and our questions about things that we don't know to become more divisive than uniting us as a country, as a people. "

" I'm still conscious of whether people really accept me, but that insecurity makes me stronger. "

Doug Baldwin

People

Insecurity

" I've always been the type that's more about academics and technology. "

Doug Baldwin

Always

Technology

" I take pride in my craft, and I work extremely hard. "

" I feel like I am a better person because of my struggles, because of my challenges and persevering through them and realizing the mistakes that I've made, correcting them. "

" I loved playing video games when I was younger, loved playing with Legos - the tech nerd, that was me for sure. "

Doug Baldwin

Playing

Loved

" I support Kam Chancellor as a person. "

" I've heard all my life how I'm too short or not big enough to play this game. It's nothing new. "

" I give a lot of credit to Darrell Bevell and to Tom Cable for their work and their development of the players that they had that was available to them. They did an extraordinary job, and I do think, as Bevell was our offensive coordinator, we broke every record that the Seahawks had offensively. So there's a lot to be said for that. "

" I've been blessed enough to be on a great team, gone to the divisional round five years in a row or whatever it was. That's special. Not everybody gets an opportunity to do that. "

" As a human being, when I see things going on in my community, I feel compelled to do something, to say something. "

" I'm on the record as saying Andrew Luck can be the greatest quarterback who ever played the game of football. I've seen him do some unbelievable things that I still can't believe a quarterback was able to do. I have tremendous respect for that guy. "

" Here in Washington State, I've supported efforts to provide our law enforcement with the proper training and resources required to meet their changing and demanding needs of their job. In doing so, I feel that the community and the law enforcement relationship will gratefully benefit from a renewed sense of responsibility and accountability. "

" I don't know how to put this, but to some people, the NFL is basically modern-day slavery. Don't get me wrong - we get paid a lot of money. There's a sense of 'shut up and play,' that this is entertainment for other people. Then, when we go out in public, we're like zoo animals. We're not human beings. "

" I didn't have a lot of good film coming out of college. Also, my height didn't help me at all. I ran a decent 40, but no one would call it blazing speed. "

" I've just stopped worrying about what the game plan looks like, how many targets am I going to have in a game, all of the stuff that would distract me when having fun out there on the football field. It's allowed me to be less stressed and enjoy my teammates more and go out there with a loose mentality and have more fun. "

Doug Baldwin

Football

Having Fun

" I care about what's best for everyone around me. "

" Individuals have a right to freedom of speech. "

" Instincts are learned on the football field through experience. It's vital in sports because things happen so rapidly that you have to rely on your instincts at times to make quick decisions. "

" It's like, I go through life, and all these relationship that I have, they're more like acquaintances than they are true relationships. It's not fulfilling. I don't know. It's a very cold feeling at times, but it's what I'm comfortable with. "