I know I'm fast. I know I have speed. It's the one thing I've always relied on in my life. You may be bigger than me, you may have more technical skill than me, but I know I can run past you. And you know it, too.

For that reason, I'm not too worried about my 40 time at the NFL combine next week. I ran a 4.26 on Monday and I feel good enough to run right now. With the weight I've put on and improvement I've shown, none of the physical testing bothers me.

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Instead, I'm stressing about the interviews. I'm nervous about sitting in a room with the entire staff of the Jacksonville Jaguars or some other team and having them all ask me questions. I've never had to go through anything like that before, so it makes me nervous. I worry about my communication skills.

The way I see it, most people would like to have this problem. They wish they were comfortable with all their physical tools and were just stressing about the interviews. But it still bothers me.

My agent is trying to prepare me for what it will be like, but I don't think this is something you can truly prepare for. It's totally different when you have Steve Mariucci and all the 49ers coaches in front of you as opposed to someone you're practicing with.

So that's what's worrying me a little bit. It's not something I sit around and worry about all day, and I know it's not that big of a deal and won't play much of a role in where I'm drafted, but I still want to do well. I still want to perform. That's what I live for -- making big plays. I guess this time I'll just have to do it in an office somewhere.

Training has changed a bit this week, with more of a focus on running the routes and doing the drills we'll be asked to do at the combine. The idea is the more comfortable you become with the drills in practice, the more prepared you'll be when doing them with everyone watching.

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The way I see it, most people would like to have this problem. They wish they were comfortable with all their physical tools and were just stressing about the interviews. But it still bothers me."

It's a nerve-wracking time, with the anticipation constantly growing for the combine. As I've said all along, I wish it were today. I wish I could run now. But I can't, so I spend my free time in my hotel room playing Madden 2002 with Napoleon Harris and Antwaan Randle El. It's hard to believe that next year I'll be in the game.

The argument over whether or not to run at the combine has been debated for years and is no different with me. You hear all these stories from people who have run there before, like my cousin David Givens on the Rams. They tell you about guys who in training ran a consistent time in the 4.2s, but at the combine run a 4.5.

The way I see it, unless you're running in sand, that's not possible. The turf is not slow, the people are slow. I ran a 4.38 on muddy grass and that's a pretty slow surface. So my goal at the combine is simple: Run the absolute fastest that I can. What is that? I don't know. Hopefully, a low 4.4 or 4.3.

As I see it, the times are all relative. Last year, a couple guys ran 4.3s. If all the receivers run like 4.6s and I run a 4.5, I'm still the fastest. So I don't stress about it.

On top of that, it shows the scouts something if you choose to run there. You're showing them you can handle the pressure. When you dodge the combine and run on your home track, it doesn't show anything. Everyone can perform in their backyard. But to do it in a hostile environment, with everything on the line, impresses the scouts.

And besides, if you get drafted by Green Bay and have to play on the frozen tundra, you gotta play. You can't tell the coach, 'Oh sorry. The ground is too hard. The surface doesn't make me fast.' You gotta dress.

So I'll run. And hopefully run fast.