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" People can talk all they want; that doesn't affect how I go about my business. "
Colin Kaepernick
Talk
Want
Affect
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I refuse to take shortcuts. "
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" 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.' "
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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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" I was not going to let people tell me what I'm capable of. "
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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. "
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" 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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Business
Dress
" You have to take care of the ball to win football games. "
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Care
Take Care
" I'm going to speak the truth when I'm asked about it. "
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Going
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Asked
" To try to prey on athletes' livelihoods while one is going through a tough time is embarrassing to me. "
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" The support I've gotten from my teammates has been great. "
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Gotten
Support
Teammates
" 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 love America. "
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I Love
Love
America
" As far as jeans and shirts, I rock a lot of different things. "
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Rock
Things
Jeans
" 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
My Life
" I'm going to continue to stand with the people that are being oppressed. "
Colin Kaepernick
Stand
People
Oppressed
" 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. "
Colin Kaepernick
Work Hard
Run
Work
" 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. "
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Great
Listen
Someone
" The SFPD has had a lot of issues, and I think one of the issues that needs to be addressed is the racist text messages that have been passed back and forth between PD members, not only talking about the community, but also talking about colleagues that work in the same department as them. "
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Work
Back
Colleagues
" People are terrified of them to the point where Trump wants to ban all Muslims from coming here, which is ridiculous. "
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Here
Coming
Point
" I'm not too big on feelings. "
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Big
Too
Feelings
" Mental health, for me, is doing everything I can to help this team win. Sitting around not doing anything isn't something I've been too big on since I was young. "
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Mental Health
Team
Win
" The biggest thing is I watch myself: What I need to improve on, what I can do different. "
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Need
I Can
Improve
" Once I get into the locker room, I turn on stuff to get me hyped up. Mainly, it's a lot of rap music. "
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Room
Rap Music
Music
" I'm going out to play, and to play to win. "
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Play
Win
Out
" Every time I step on the field, I step on the field to make plays. "
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Make
Every Time
Field
" Teammates tell me to bring it down a notch in practice or that their hands are hurting. Randy Moss told me I was the first person to ever dislocate one of his fingers. "
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Hands
Down
Teammates
" 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. "
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I Can
Thought
Think
" I don't look at film that closely about my mechanics of where's my elbow at. "
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Mechanics
Look
Film