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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. "

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" 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. "

Doug Baldwin

Police

Society

Support

" I knew police officers have a very difficult job. They have to make split second decisions that will impact not only the communities they serve but their families, their own personal lives. "

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

" Thursday night football should be illegal. "

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

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

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

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

" 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 support Kam Chancellor as a person. "

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

Doug Baldwin

People

Insecurity

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" If you want to get anything done, you have to start somewhere. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

Doug Baldwin

You

Rise

" 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 play football because I love the game and I put everything into it. "

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

" 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. "

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