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" 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. "

Colin Kaepernick

Work

Back

Colleagues

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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. "

Colin Kaepernick

Want

Think

" 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. "

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

Colin Kaepernick

Sports

Too Much

" 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'll never take the easy way out. "

" I have great respect for the religion. I know a lot of people that are Muslim and are phenomenal people. "

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

" I don't play for job security. "

" I don't believe in pressure. The pressure is not being prepared for what you want to do. "

" 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. "

" 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 am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color. "

" 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

" To try to prey on athletes' livelihoods while one is going through a tough time is embarrassing to me. "

" 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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" My parents told me from the time I can remember that, 'Yeah, you're adopted. But this is your family.' I can remember my mom, she tells me this story: when I was little, I was looking at her, and I was like, 'Why isn't my skin the same color as yours?' She was like, 'Oh, you're adopted, but I wish I had pretty brown skin like you.' "

Colin Kaepernick

Parents

Mom

" To me, when people say, 'Oh, you're a freak athlete,' it's bittersweet. It's a huge compliment to say, 'O.K., you have physical abilities that are kind of above and beyond.' But at the same time, I feel like it diminishes the mental side of the game. "

" 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, 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 look like my high school self anymore. I feel like I look more like an adult now. "

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

" Once I get into the locker room, I turn on stuff to get me hyped up. Mainly, it's a lot of rap music. "

" I trained with a few Olympic runners and jumpers. Just to try to get a little bit faster, a little bit better. Anything I could do to try to get a little bit better and stay ahead of the competition. "

" 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 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. "

" 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. "