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" People are terrified of them to the point where Trump wants to ban all Muslims from coming here, which is ridiculous. "
Colin Kaepernick
Here
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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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" What other people think of how I play and how I go about things really isn't something I worry about. "
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" When I'm actually getting off the bus, I still have my gospel playing. That's the way-to-the-game kind of music. "
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" The support I've gotten from my teammates has been great. "
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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.' "
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" Whatever the offense dictates to allow me doing what I or this offense needs to do to win games, I'm going to do it. "
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" To me, I'm going out there focusing on competing, not worrying about cardio or anything like that. "
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Like
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" If you're going to do something, you're going to do it to be the best. "
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" 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. "
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Look
" If I got a football scholarship, I was going to be a football player. "
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Scholarship
Football
" 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. "
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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. "
Colin Kaepernick
People
I Am
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" 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. "
Colin Kaepernick
Going
Justice
People
" Unless you're being carted off, you should be on the field. "
Colin Kaepernick
Off
Unless
You
" I don't believe in pressure. The pressure is not being prepared for what you want to do. "
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Believe
You
Want
" 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.' "
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Way
Say
Run
" 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. "
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Picture
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" I'm not too big on feelings. "
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Big
Too
Feelings
" Feelings aren't going to help me win a game. "
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Game
Going
" 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. "
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Easy
Time
Person
" I have great respect for the religion. I know a lot of people that are Muslim and are phenomenal people. "
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Respect
Religion
People
" 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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" 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. "
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" I think I'm very good at reading coverage and knowing where I want to go with the ball before the ball is snapped. "
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Want
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" To try to prey on athletes' livelihoods while one is going through a tough time is embarrassing to me. "
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Tough
Try
" The NFL is a performance-based business, so you should have to perform to earn some of your money. At the same time, I realize that my success isn't just because of what I do out there. "
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NFL
Money
Business
" 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. "
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People
Business
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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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Dress
People
Team
" I have great teammates around me who make plays. "
Colin Kaepernick
Who
Around
Great
" 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. "
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Bad
Me
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