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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. "

Colin Kaepernick

Better

Ahead

Competition

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" The SFPD has had a lot of issues, and I think one of the issues that needs to be addressed is the racist text messages that have been passed back and forth between PD members, not only talking about the community, but also talking about colleagues that work in the same department as them. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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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. "

" I'm here to play football. "

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

" 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. "

" I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color. "

" You have to train hard and be strong while staying flexible and limber, so I'm trying to find that balance. "

" 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. "

" 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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Blessed

God

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

" 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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Rock

Where

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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. "

" 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. "

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