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" I'd say that, 99 percent of the time at Nevada, I knew what the coverage was and where I was probably going before the ball was snapped. It makes it very easy when I only had to read one person and know that I was going from here to here, and if not, I'm checking it down. "

Colin Kaepernick

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

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

" I have great respect for the men and women that have fought for this country. I have family, I have friends that have gone and fought for this country. And they fight for freedom, they fight for the people, they fight for liberty and justice, for everyone. "

" I realize that men and women of the military go out and sacrifice their lives and put their selves in harm's way for my freedom of speech and my freedoms in this country, and my freedom to take a seat or take a knee, so I have the utmost respect for them, and I think what I did was taken out of context and spun a different way. "

" Training, that's my specialty. "

Colin Kaepernick

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

" 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. "

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

" I think the biggest part of my game that's underestimated is the mental part of it. "

" 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.' "

" To try to prey on athletes' livelihoods while one is going through a tough time is embarrassing to me. "

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

" 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. "

" 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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" 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. "

" I'm still trying to improve. Everything I can do to improve every part of my game - I'm going to do it. "

" People don't realize what's really going on in this country. There are a lot things that are going on that are unjust. People aren't being held accountable for. And that's something that needs to change. That's something that this country stands for: freedom, liberty and justice for all. "

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

" 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. "

" We have a presidential candidate who's deleted emails and done things illegally and is a presidential candidate. That doesn't make sense to me, because if that was any other person, you'd be in prison. So what is this country really standing for? "

" 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. "

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

" 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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" I'm here to play football. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Whether football's here or not, I will be fine. I go out, I play to win. "

" I refuse to take shortcuts. "

" 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. "

Colin Kaepernick

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