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" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" Individuals have a right to freedom of speech. "

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

" I think you have to have a bit of an anger-management issue, to be honest with you. Usually, slot guys are a lot smaller and quicker, but at the same time, you have to go in there and block linebackers and safeties, and so you have to be aggressive. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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 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. "

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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 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 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. "

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

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