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" I have great respect for the religion. I know a lot of people that are Muslim and are phenomenal people. "

Colin Kaepernick

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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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" 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 think that's something that's hard for this country to address, is what the real issues are and coming to the point where we can admit that these are issues. Once we admit that, we can deal with it, we can fix them, and we can make this country and these communities a better place. "

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" I don't want people to think you have to look a certain way or be a certain mold to be able to be a quarterback. "

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

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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. "

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

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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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" 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 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.' "

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" I'll always be a fan of coach Harbaugh. Not too sure about Michigan. "

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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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" People are terrified of them to the point where Trump wants to ban all Muslims from coming here, which is ridiculous. "

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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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" Every time I step on the field, I step on the field to make plays. "

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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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" As far as jeans and shirts, I rock a lot of different things. "

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" 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. "

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

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" Thankfully, God blessed me with some legs that move pretty good, and we also get to wear pads, so I should be alright. "

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

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

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

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" I'm going to continue to stand with the people that are being oppressed. "

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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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