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" 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. "
Colin Kaepernick
I Can
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" 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. "
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