Colin Kaepernick Quotes
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Nobody cares if you're black, white, straight, gay, Christian, Jewish, whatever it may be. When you step on that field, you're a member, in my case, the 49ers. That's your job, your occupation.
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I think, between the tattoos, the way I dress, the way I talk, people don't think it should go together with a franchise quarterback or someone that's leading the team or representing the organization.
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This stand wasn't because I feel like I'm being put down in any kind of way. This is because I'm seeing things happen to people that don't have a voice: people that don't have a platform to talk and have their voices heard and affect change. So I'm in the position where I can do that, and I'm going to do that for people that can't.
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It is funny to me that because I can run, because I'm athletic, people tend to see that as my only asset.
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We have a lot of people that are oppressed. We have a lot of people that aren't treated equally, aren't given equal opportunities. Police brutality is a huge thing that needs to be addressed. There are a lot of issues that need to be talked about, need to be brought to life, and we need to fix those.
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I've had times where one of my roommates was moving out of the house in college, and because we were the only black people in that neighborhood, the cops got called, and we had guns drawn on us. Came in the house, without knocking, guns drawn on my teammates and roommates. So I have experienced this.
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To try to prey on athletes' livelihoods while one is going through a tough time is embarrassing to me.
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I'll always be a fan of coach Harbaugh. Not too sure about Michigan.
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At the end of the day, you have to look at, 'Are they knowledgeable? Are they doing their job?' Not what their appearance is.
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When I'm actually getting off the bus, I still have my gospel playing. That's the way-to-the-game kind of music.
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I'm going to speak the truth when I'm asked about it.
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Its a touchy subject, 'cause I never want to take it there, where it seems like it's all about race. But I feel like that's something that comes along with the territory of being a black quarterback. When you have success - 'Oh, you're a freak athlete.' Not, 'Oh, you're a good quarterback.'
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The SFPD has had a lot of issues, and I think one of the issues that needs to be addressed is the racist text messages that have been passed back and forth between PD members, not only talking about the community, but also talking about colleagues that work in the same department as them.
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I'm not incapable of going through things.
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To me, I've played full seasons and had success. Mentally, I've been through it before. I'm not incapable of going through this.
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There are a lot of details to running that I never even thought about. I just went out and ran. I think I can be faster. I think I can be quicker.
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I'd say that, 99 percent of the time at Nevada, I knew what the coverage was and where I was probably going before the ball was snapped. It makes it very easy when I only had to read one person and know that I was going from here to here, and if not, I'm checking it down.
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In the heat of the battle, it's always different than when you go back and look at it on film.
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I haven't seen a quarterback play a perfect game yet.
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I have great teammates around me who make plays.
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My dad, being a businessman, constantly talked to me about carrying myself in a certain way and treating people with respect. And I think that's something that's carried over throughout my life. It's how I deal with certain situations.
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I was not going to let people tell me what I'm capable of.
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Quarterbacks can still have good bodies. I'm always conscious of the stereotype. I want to change what people think. There's a lot more to it than what you see on the field.
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A lot of them have families to feed, and I think it's a tragic situation where players aren't comfortable speaking what's on their mind or what's right because they're afraid of consequences that come along with it. That's not an ideal environment for anybody.