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To try to prey on athletes' livelihoods while one is going through a tough time is embarrassing to me.
Colin Kaepernick -
I'm here to play football.
Colin Kaepernick
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I have great teammates around me who make plays.
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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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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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I'll always be a fan of coach Harbaugh. Not too sure about Michigan.
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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.
Colin Kaepernick
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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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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 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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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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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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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.
Colin Kaepernick
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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.
Colin Kaepernick -
To me, when people say, 'Oh, you're a freak athlete,' it's bittersweet. It's a huge compliment to say, 'O.K., you have physical abilities that are kind of above and beyond.' But at the same time, I feel like it diminishes the mental side of the game.
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Whatever the offense dictates to allow me doing what I or this offense needs to do to win games, I'm going to do it.
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I think being shy or a little bit more mild-mannered is more how you treat people and how you go about your business, not necessarily how you dress or things of that nature.
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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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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.
Colin Kaepernick
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When you step on the field, you want to be a starter. You want to be the person everybody looks to and says, 'If we need a play to be made, let's go to him.'
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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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Whether football's here or not, I will be fine. I go out, I play to win.
Colin Kaepernick