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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. "

Colin Kaepernick

NFL

Money

Business

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

" 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 felt the way people talked to me was like, 'It's OK to be No. 2 in the NFL, a backup,' and things like that. That's never been my approach. "

Colin Kaepernick

Never

People

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" My dad, being a businessman, constantly talked to me about carrying myself in a certain way and treating people with respect. And I think that's something that's carried over throughout my life. It's how I deal with certain situations. "

Colin Kaepernick

Think

Respect

" 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. "

" 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.' "

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

" We have a lot of people that are oppressed. We have a lot of people that aren't treated equally, aren't given equal opportunities. Police brutality is a huge thing that needs to be addressed. There are a lot of issues that need to be talked about, need to be brought to life, and we need to fix those. "

" 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 was not going to let people tell me what I'm capable of. "

" 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. "

" Once you're on the field, you're playing. You're not worried about anything other than doing your job to help your team. "

" Training, that's my specialty. "

Colin Kaepernick

Specialty

Training

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

" We have a presidential candidate who's deleted emails and done things illegally and is a presidential candidate. That doesn't make sense to me, because if that was any other person, you'd be in prison. So what is this country really standing for? "

" 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.' "

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

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

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

" 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

" At the end of the day, you have to look at, 'Are they knowledgeable? Are they doing their job?' Not what their appearance is. "

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

" 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. "

" I don't think I can be too hard on myself. "

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

" When I'm actually getting off the bus, I still have my gospel playing. That's the way-to-the-game kind of music. "