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 don't look at film that closely about my mechanics of where's my elbow at.
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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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Once I get into the locker room, I turn on stuff to get me hyped up. Mainly, it's a lot of rap music.
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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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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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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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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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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 not incapable of going through things.
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I'm going to speak the truth when I'm asked about it.
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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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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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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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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 haven't seen a quarterback play a perfect game yet.
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I'm not your typical quarterback. I don't like when people say, 'Quarterbacks aren't supposed to run,' or, 'Quarterbacks aren't supposed to work out a certain way.'
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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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I have great teammates around me who make plays.
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The NFL is a performance-based business, so you should have to perform to earn some of your money. At the same time, I realize that my success isn't just because of what I do out there.
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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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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.