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

Colin Kaepernick

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" I don't look like my high school self anymore. I feel like I look more like an adult now. "

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" 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.' "

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