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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. "

Colin Kaepernick

Flag

Picture

Stand

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

" 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. "

" I don't want people to think you have to look a certain way or be a certain mold to be able to be a quarterback. "

" I have great teammates around me who make plays. "

" 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. "

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

" I'm not your typical quarterback. I don't like when people say, 'Quarterbacks aren't supposed to run,' or, 'Quarterbacks aren't supposed to work out a certain way.' "

" 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.' "

Colin Kaepernick

Parents

Mom

" 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. "

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

" All my life, I've had these flashbacks, these dreams, nightmares, daymares, like visions, where I relive certain plays. Only the bad plays. I see them over and over, as if somebody's rewinding a tape and forcing me to watch. "

Colin Kaepernick

Bad

My Life

" 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.' "

" 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. "

Colin Kaepernick

Success

Going

" I'm going to speak the truth when I'm asked about it. "

" 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. "

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

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

" I refuse to take shortcuts. "

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

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

" Once I get into the locker room, I turn on stuff to get me hyped up. Mainly, it's a lot of rap music. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Training, that's my specialty. "

Colin Kaepernick

Specialty

Training

" 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. "

Colin Kaepernick

Saying

Tattoos

" I don't believe in pressure. The pressure is not being prepared for what you want to do. "

" 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. "

Colin Kaepernick

Rock

Where

" 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. "