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" I refuse to take shortcuts. "

Colin Kaepernick

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

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

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

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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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