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" 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. "

Colin Kaepernick

You

Good

Think

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Colin Kaepernick

Black

Just

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" 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. "

" All my tattoos, they've been thought out, thought over, been a work in progress for at least a year before I've got them. So I'm not walking into a tattoo shop, picking tattoos off a wall. It's something that means something to me. It's something that I believe in. "

Colin Kaepernick

Thought

Progress

" 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 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. "

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

" When it comes down to it, you're playing football regardless of what offense you're in. "

" This stand wasn't because I feel like I'm being put down in any kind of way. This is because I'm seeing things happen to people that don't have a voice: people that don't have a platform to talk and have their voices heard and affect change. So I'm in the position where I can do that, and I'm going to do that for people that can't. "

" I refuse to take shortcuts. "

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

" 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. "

" 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

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

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

" I have a very high expectation for everything I do. And when I go out and compete, I expect myself to make every play. "

" 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.' "

Colin Kaepernick

Community

Dress

" 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. "

" I'm here to play football. "

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

" 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 play for job security. "

" 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. "

" I don't watch too much TV when it comes to sports or news or things like that. "

Colin Kaepernick

Sports

Too Much

" 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.' "