Eric Reid Quotes
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I have a Mercedes, which is a pretty fast car. It's not a Lamborghini.
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At the end of the day, you're just another person in society. It doesn't matter how much fame you have. It doesn't matter how much money you have.
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I think I'm a very versatile player, that's how I was at LSU.
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There's always opposition when you speak on topics like I'm speaking on. But I'm a black man in America. I grew up black in America. You can't tell me that what I've experienced and what I've seen is not true.
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When I'm on the field, I just do my job.
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Football is a game.
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I think that's awesome to have a former player in the GM role, somebody that not only understands the game of football but has played the game of football.
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The game of football has changed for me. It was a personal goal for me at first. But now it's a way to provide for my family. It's a way to provide for my daughter. I'm just ecstatic that I can do that.
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For one, when has Jay-Z ever taken a knee to come out and tell us that we're past kneeling? Yes, he's done a lot of great work, a lot of great social justice work. But for you to get paid to go into an NFL press conference and say that we're past kneeling? Again, asinine.
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I love cars.
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I love big hits.
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Any time you do something - a protest - you know there's going to be backlash.
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We'll continue to hold America to the standard it says on paper that we're all created equal because it's not that way right now. But we're going to keep pushing towards that.
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I feel like I would be a hypocrite not to use my platform to speak up for people who are facing oppression in this country. I did it and I still do it because I believe it's worth letting people know that if we do this together, if we stand up together we can make change.
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My faith is ultimately what led me to start protesting and it's what continues to drive me.
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I played a ton of special teams at LSU. I'm familiar with it, I'm comfortable doing it.
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We're very aware that you cannot please everybody and that there's going to be backlash. There will always be backlash.
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I believe that there are issues in this country - many issues, too many to name. It's not one particular issue. But there are people out there that feel there are injustices being made and happening in our country on a daily basis.
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I will keep speaking for my people.
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I'm from Louisiana, and I'm used to having space and a yard.
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I prefer safety. That's what I've played my whole life, but if the team needs me to play linebacker, then I'll do it.
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We have to lower our guard and know saying something's wrong isn't a bad thing.
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It has always been my understanding that the brave men and women who fought and died for our country did so to ensure that we could live in a fair and free society, which includes the right to speak out in protest.
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I have a job to do, so I'm gonna do it.