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" 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. "

Doug Baldwin

Personal

Time

Focus

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" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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" I'm a religious man. I believe in God. "

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" 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 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. "

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" My motivation comes from the plays I didn't make. "

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

" It's been my desire to support efforts to aim at healing the relationship between law enforcement and the community. "

" The NFL cares about one thing, and that's the NFL. That's the bottom line. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" The greatest tragedy for any human being is going through their entire lives believing the only perspective that matters is their own. "

" As a human, I feel extremely compelled to use my platform and my influence in whatever way for the benefit and not just for my sole benefit. "

" I watched a lot of Jerry Rice's film just to learn how to run routes, but it was so difficult to imitate him, and he didn't play with the same body language that I wanted to play with. "