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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I think I'm a very versatile player, that's how I was at LSU.
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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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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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When I'm on the field, I just do my job.
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I love cars.
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Football is a game.
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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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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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I love big hits.
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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 have a job to do, so I'm gonna do it.
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Any time you do something - a protest - you know there's going to be backlash.
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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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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 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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Guys that are playing in the preseason are one play away from being a starter.
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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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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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We've got to keep fighting. Got to keep agitating. Got to keep making sure that we put pressure on the people who make the laws, and the decisions, in this country.
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The Great Depression, they come out with the New Deal, black people didn't have access to those government stimulus packages. The New Deal set up what is known as the modern-day middle class. We didn't have access to programs - the G.I. Bill, Social Security, home loans - none of that.
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I've been very fortunate and blessed to have been able to play football at LSU.
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I think I'm a very cerebral player.