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" 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. "

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" 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. "

Doug Baldwin

Height

Good

College

" I read a lot. I try to gain as much knowledge as I possibly can and listen to people, because I don't know what I don't know. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Individuals have a right to freedom of speech. "

" Let's be honest: Everyone has got their opinion. It doesn't mean their opinion is an intelligent one. "

" 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'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

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

" We play a very violent sport, and sometimes it leads to a lot of emotion, a lot of testosterone getting built up, and it comes out in various ways. "

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

" 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. "

" The difference between a mob and a movement is follow-through. "

" The route may, say, go across the field for 22 yards. I know I have to be there, but how I get there is where they allow me to be creative. "

Doug Baldwin

Field

Creative

" 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. "

" My father's a police officer, and he's told me numerous times about his training and how they've gone through what they call verbal judo, which is essentially them trying to de-escalate the situation. "

Doug Baldwin

Situation

Father

" 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. "

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

" 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

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

" If you can play football, you can play football. Measurables at the combine don't change that. "

" There aren't enough people who are passionate with what they do. They're content just going through life being mediocre, being average. They don't want to thrive. They don't want to strive for greater. They're happy being where they are. "

" 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. "

" As a competitor, I try to do everything in my power to control the uncontrollable. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "