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" I'm not too big on feelings. "

Colin Kaepernick

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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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" To me, tattoos are a way of people being able to express themselves and have other people look at them and get a little insight into who they are, without ever even saying a word to them. "

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" There's a lot of things that need to change. One specifically? Police brutality. "

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" I think, between the tattoos, the way I dress, the way I talk, people don't think it should go together with a franchise quarterback or someone that's leading the team or representing the organization. "

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

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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 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 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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" 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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" 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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" Training, that's my specialty. "

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

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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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" The biggest thing is I watch myself: What I need to improve on, what I can do different. "

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

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