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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. "
Colin Kaepernick
Go
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" I'll never take the easy way out. "
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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 look like my high school self anymore. I feel like I look more like an adult now. "
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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 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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" I don't play for job security. "
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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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" You have to be able to do everything as a quarterback, and that's not necessarily taking care of your job but making sure you're preparing everyone else to go out and play well. And make sure you have them in the right mindset when they step on the field. "
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" I have great teammates around me who make plays. "
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" A lot of them have families to feed, and I think it's a tragic situation where players aren't comfortable speaking what's on their mind or what's right because they're afraid of consequences that come along with it. That's not an ideal environment for anybody. "
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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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" 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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" I'll always be a fan of coach Harbaugh. Not too sure about Michigan. "
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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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" I don't look at film that closely about my mechanics of where's my elbow at. "
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" 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.' "
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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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" In the heat of the battle, it's always different than when you go back and look at it on film. "
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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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" My dad, being a businessman, constantly talked to me about carrying myself in a certain way and treating people with respect. And I think that's something that's carried over throughout my life. It's how I deal with certain situations. "
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" It was just something - I didn't agree with what the flag was representing at this time, and you know, if you look at the original picture where people addressed it, I was trying to sit behind the coolers and out of the way, 'cause I didn't want to interrupt anybody else's right to stand and hold attention to the flag. "
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" As far as jeans and shirts, I rock a lot of different things. "
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" I'm here to play football. "
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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 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. "
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" If I got a football scholarship, I was going to be a football player. "
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" To me, I've played full seasons and had success. Mentally, I've been through it before. I'm not incapable of going through this. "
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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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" When it comes down to it, you're playing football regardless of what offense you're in. "
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