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" Most people don't want to change. They're comfortable and set in their ways. But in order to change, you have to be able to agitate people at times. And I think that's something that's very necessary for us to improve as a country. "

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" 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.' "

Colin Kaepernick

Race

Success

You

" I'll never take the easy way out. "

" I never felt that I was supposed to be white. Or black, either. My parents just wanted to let me be who I needed to be. "

Colin Kaepernick

Black

Just

" You're going to hurt, yes. You're going to have tweaks and problems. But you're a football player; you can play through those. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Feelings aren't going to help me win a game. "

" 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.' "

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

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

" If you work hard and perform well, it doesn't matter whether you're 20 or 40. People are going to follow, and you can go in there and run the show. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Thankfully, God blessed me with some legs that move pretty good, and we also get to wear pads, so I should be alright. "

Colin Kaepernick

Blessed

God

" 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. "

" Victor Cruz just got his deal with Givenchy - amazing. I was so excited for him. That was amazing. So I think there are great opportunities for a lot of athletes out there. "

" As far as jeans and shirts, I rock a lot of different things. "

" 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

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

" 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. "

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

" I never weighed myself when I was at my lightest because I didn't want to know. "

" I'm going out to play, and to play to win. "