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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. "

Colin Kaepernick

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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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" I'm not too big on feelings. "

" All my tattoos, they've been thought out, thought over, been a work in progress for at least a year before I've got them. So I'm not walking into a tattoo shop, picking tattoos off a wall. It's something that means something to me. It's something that I believe in. "

Colin Kaepernick

Thought

Progress

" I refuse to take shortcuts. "

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

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

" Victor Cruz just got his deal with Givenchy - amazing. I was so excited for him. That was amazing. So I think there are great opportunities for a lot of athletes out there. "

" 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. "

" I do want to be a representative of the African community, and I want to hold myself and dress myself in a way that reflects that. I want black kids to see me and think, 'Okay, he's carrying himself as a black man, and that's how a black man should carry himself.' "

Colin Kaepernick

Community

Dress

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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.' "

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

" 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.' "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" What other people think of how I play and how I go about things really isn't something I worry about. "

Colin Kaepernick

Things

People

" 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.' "

" If I got a football scholarship, I was going to be a football player. "

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

" Once you're on the field, you're playing. You're not worried about anything other than doing your job to help your team. "

" When it comes down to it, you're playing football regardless of what offense you're in. "

" Once I get into the locker room, I turn on stuff to get me hyped up. Mainly, it's a lot of rap music. "

" 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. "