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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. "

Colin Kaepernick

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" 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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" I have great teammates around me who make plays. "

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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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" 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 don't look at film that closely about my mechanics of where's my elbow at. "

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" Teammates tell me to bring it down a notch in practice or that their hands are hurting. Randy Moss told me I was the first person to ever dislocate one of his fingers. "

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" I don't watch too much TV when it comes to sports or news or things like that. "

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" I don't think I can be too hard on myself. "

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" My parents told me from the time I can remember that, 'Yeah, you're adopted. But this is your family.' I can remember my mom, she tells me this story: when I was little, I was looking at her, and I was like, 'Why isn't my skin the same color as yours?' She was like, 'Oh, you're adopted, but I wish I had pretty brown skin like you.' "

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" I don't believe in pressure. The pressure is not being prepared for what you want to do. "

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" You have to take care of the ball to win football games. "

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" Most people don't want to change. They're comfortable and set in their ways. But in order to change, you have to be able to agitate people at times. And I think that's something that's very necessary for us to improve as a country. "

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" I trained with a few Olympic runners and jumpers. Just to try to get a little bit faster, a little bit better. Anything I could do to try to get a little bit better and stay ahead of the competition. "

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" Sometimes, when things are going really well, I feel like I've already seen things - it's the flashback feeling in a good way. Like I'm watching a rerun, because I've studied this defense and know what comes next. Now, that is a good feeling, when your mind is working fast because you've studied, and you realize, 'I've seen this before.' "

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" I have great respect for the men and women that have fought for this country. I have family, I have friends that have gone and fought for this country. And they fight for freedom, they fight for the people, they fight for liberty and justice, for everyone. "

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" People are dying in vain because this country isn't holding their end of the bargain up as far as, you know, giving freedom and justice and liberty to everybody. "

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" If you work hard and perform well, it doesn't matter whether you're 20 or 40. People are going to follow, and you can go in there and run the show. "

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" I wouldn't say there is one specific designer I rock. It's more of the look of the shirt and what occasion and where I'm wearing it to. "

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" Unless you're being carted off, you should be on the field. "

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" To me, tattoos are a way of people being able to express themselves and have other people look at them and get a little insight into who they are, without ever even saying a word to them. "

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" I'm not incapable of going through things. "

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" I haven't seen a quarterback play a perfect game yet. "

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" You have full-field view when you're watching the film. Eye in the sky, it's a lot easier to look at it that way than when you're back behind center. "

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" You're going to hurt, yes. You're going to have tweaks and problems. But you're a football player; you can play through those. "

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" I never felt that I was supposed to be white. Or black, either. My parents just wanted to let me be who I needed to be. "

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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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" I don't look like my high school self anymore. I feel like I look more like an adult now. "

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" Feelings aren't going to help me win a game. "

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