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" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Individuals have a right to freedom of speech. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" Anytime you get to go up against guys that have done well in this league, who have dominated in this league, you have got to rise to the challenge. "

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" 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. "

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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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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Having Fun

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

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Outside

Those

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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 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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" Before I became a leader, I thought success was all about building myself up. But then, once I became a leader, I realized that success is about building others up. "

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