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" 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. "

Doug Baldwin

Feel

Challenges

Mistakes

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" As cliche as it sounds, I've always told myself, 'Don't worry about the things you can't control. Control the things you can control.' That battle has beat up on me for years. "

Doug Baldwin

Myself

Control

" 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. "

" When I was younger, I took everything seriously, and I still do to some degree. "

" Not that I don't care about winning or I don't care about doing well, but I have to care less about the things that happen that are outside of my control. "

" Honestly, I don't believe in luck. "

" We have to enforce training that is more emphasized on de-escalation tactics and crisis management control. Once we do that, then we have to put measures in place to reward the officers who are the good officers, which is the majority of them. Then we have to hold accountable the officers that are not abiding by the policies and those laws. "

" If there are cracks in your armor, your opponent is going to find them. "

" Thursday night football should be illegal. "

" 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. "

" 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'm not the fastest, the strongest, the most athletic, the tallest. But in order for me to be good at what I do, I have to focus on my craft so much that it alleviates those other things. I can't have personal relationships like other people do. I can't spend time on that. "

" 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

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

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

Doug Baldwin

People

Insecurity

" I've got a chip on my shoulder, and honestly, I've always had it, but I don't think about it in those terms, like I'm trying to be better than this guy or that guy. It just helps keep me focused. "

Doug Baldwin

Always

Trying

" 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'm just trying to be the best Doug Baldwin I can be. "

" It's not going to matter, but there's a part of me, a human part of me, that wants to be 60 years old, watching a Seahawks game, and they're talking about the days back when I was playing. I want to be able to feel that. I want to know what that feels like. "

Doug Baldwin

Know

Back

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" If you take a step back and you look at the overall picture, there's a lot of teams in this league that could use a quarterback of Colin Kaepernick's ability. "

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" Honestly, I think the combine is a waste of time. The effort should be in film watching, physicals, and mental evaluations. "

" It's not necessarily about the physical aspects when people say receivers have a lot of drops or can't catch the ball. It's that they are not focusing on the right things. That their mind-set is not in the right spot. "

" It's easy in this world, in this business, to get caught up and get jealous of people. "