Zitat des Tages von Colin Kaepernick:
People are dying in vain because this country isn't holding their end of the bargain up as far as, you know, giving freedom and justice and liberty to everybody.
You have to train hard and be strong while staying flexible and limber, so I'm trying to find that balance.
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.
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.
You have full-field view when you're watching the film. Eye in the sky, it's a lot easier to look at it that way than when you're back behind center.
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.
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.
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.
I don't watch too much TV when it comes to sports or news or things like that.
I never weighed myself when I was at my lightest because I didn't want to know.
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.
People are terrified of them to the point where Trump wants to ban all Muslims from coming here, which is ridiculous.
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.
The biggest thing is I watch myself: What I need to improve on, what I can do different.
I don't play for job security.
I think the biggest part of my game that's underestimated is the mental part of it.
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.
To me, tattoos are a way of people being able to express themselves and have other people look at them and get a little insight into who they are, without ever even saying a word to them.
I haven't seen a quarterback play a perfect game yet.
It was just something - I didn't agree with what the flag was representing at this time, and you know, if you look at the original picture where people addressed it, I was trying to sit behind the coolers and out of the way, 'cause I didn't want to interrupt anybody else's right to stand and hold attention to the flag.
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'm not too big on feelings.
People can talk all they want; that doesn't affect how I go about my business.
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'm going out to play, and to play to win.
If you're going to do something, you're going to do it to be the best.
I have great respect for the religion. I know a lot of people that are Muslim and are phenomenal people.
There's a lot of things that need to change. One specifically? Police brutality.
In the heat of the battle, it's always different than when you go back and look at it on film.
I have great teammates around me who make plays.
Thankfully, God blessed me with some legs that move pretty good, and we also get to wear pads, so I should be alright.
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.
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 don't look at film that closely about my mechanics of where's my elbow at.
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 don't think I can be too hard on myself.