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Bears' Caleb Williams Follows LeBron James' Lead, Uses Criticism as Motivation

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Caleb Williams is keeping the receipts.

The Chicago Bears quarterback revealed to Albert Breer of Sports Illustrated that he seeks out criticism and even takes screenshots of it to serve as motivation.

"The other part, and this feeds into knowing myself, is all athletes try to act like they don't see it. I see it, and I use it," Williams said. "I take screenshots of people. People don't know it. I have notes and things that I screenshot. I save the links, all of that. I use it."

Williams is far from the first athlete to use slights, whether real or imagined, as motivation.