Doug Baldwin Quotes

Doug Baldwin

Profession : Athlete

Birth : September 21, 1988

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

Doug Baldwin

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

Doug Baldwin

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

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

Doug Baldwin

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

Doug Baldwin

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.

Doug Baldwin

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

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

Doug Baldwin

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

Doug Baldwin

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

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

Doug Baldwin

Thursday night football should be illegal.

Doug Baldwin

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.

Doug Baldwin

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

Honestly, I don't believe in luck.

Doug Baldwin

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.

Doug Baldwin

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

Doug Baldwin

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

Doug Baldwin

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.

Doug Baldwin

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.

Doug Baldwin