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" I felt the way people talked to me was like, 'It's OK to be No. 2 in the NFL, a backup,' and things like that. That's never been my approach. "

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

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" I realize that men and women of the military go out and sacrifice their lives and put their selves in harm's way for my freedom of speech and my freedoms in this country, and my freedom to take a seat or take a knee, so I have the utmost respect for them, and I think what I did was taken out of context and spun a different way. "

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" There's a lot of things that need to change. One specifically? Police brutality. "

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" I have a very high expectation for everything I do. And when I go out and compete, I expect myself to make every play. "

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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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" 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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" I think I'm very good at reading coverage and knowing where I want to go with the ball before the ball is snapped. "

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" I never weighed myself when I was at my lightest because I didn't want to know. "

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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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" People can talk all they want; that doesn't affect how I go about my business. "

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" I'm going out to play, and to play to win. "

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" I'm going to speak the truth when I'm asked about it. "

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" The support I've gotten from my teammates has been great. "

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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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" 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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" 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 have great respect for people's right to believe what they want to believe. And I don't think anybody should be prosecuted or judged based on what their beliefs are. "

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" People don't realize what's really going on in this country. There are a lot things that are going on that are unjust. People aren't being held accountable for. And that's something that needs to change. That's something that this country stands for: freedom, liberty and justice for all. "

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" If you're going to do something, you're going to do it to be the best. "

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" I'm here to play football. "

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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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" 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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" Jim Tomsula is going to be great coach for us. Players' coach. Always around the guys. Someone that's willing to listen to what the players say and has their intake. "

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

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