“You have to train hard and be strong while staying flexible and limber, so I’m trying to find that balance.” ― Colin Kaepernick
“People sometimes forget that love is at the root of our resistance.” ― Colin Kaepernick
“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.” ― Colin Kaepernick
“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.” ― Colin Kaepernick
“I’m going to continue to stand with the people that are being oppressed.” ― Colin Kaepernick
“How can you stand for the national anthem of a nation that preaches and propagates freedom and justice for all, that’s so unjust to the people living there.” ― Colin Kaepernick
“With or without the NFL’s platform, I will continue to work for the people because my platform is the people.” ― Colin Kaepernick
“Going out on the field frantic isn’t going to help you score points. You have to try to lead your team.” ― Colin Kaepernick
“Something you’re aware of being a quarterback coming here-you have expectations, and you want to live up to those.” ― Colin Kaepernick
“People can talk all they want; that doesn’t affect how I go about my business.” ― Colin Kaepernick
“I don’t believe in pressure. The pressure is not being prepared for what you want to do.” ― Colin Kaepernick
“I have to learn more in order to preserve my body.” ― Colin Kaepernick
“I’ll never take the easy way out.” ― Colin Kaepernick
“If you’re going to do something, do it to be the best.” ― Colin Kaepernick
“I never weighed myself when I was at my lightest because I didn’t want to know.” ― Colin Kaepernick
“If you work hard and perform well, it doesn’t matter whether you’re 20 or 40. People are going to follow, and you can go in there and run the show.” ― Colin Kaepernick
“I just want to improve game to game and try to get better.” ― Colin Kaepernick
“Most people don’t want to change. They’re comfortable and set in their ways. But in order to change, you have to be able to agitate people at times. And I think that’s something that’s very necessary for us to improve as a country.” ― Colin Kaepernick
“If you’re going to do something, you’re going to do it to be the best.” ― Colin Kaepernick
“There’s a social responsibility that we have to be educated on these things, to talk about these things.” ― Colin Kaepernick
“It’s important for people to know that I’m still focused on football… I’m handling my business to get ready for the next season.” ― Colin Kaepernick
“To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way,” – Colin Kaepernick
“Every time I step on the field, I step on the field to make plays.” ― Colin Kaepernick
“I have great respect for people’s right to believe what they want to believe. And I don’t think anybody should be prosecuted or judged based on what their beliefs are.” ― Colin Kaepernick
“In the heat of the battle, it’s always different than when you go back and look at it on film.” ― Colin Kaepernick
“I know that I’m doing something right, I know other people see what I’m doing is right. It’s something that we have to come together, we have to unite, we have to unify and make a change.” ― Colin Kaepernick
“If intimidation is your game plan, I hope you have a better one.” ― Colin Kaepernick
“You’re always going to be mad about a bad play.” ― Colin Kaepernick
“There are a lot of other parts on this team that do great things to make it easy for me to go out there.” ― Colin Kaepernick
“There is a lot that needs to change, one specifically is police brutality.” ― Colin Kaepernick
“I can’t look in the mirror and see other people dying in the street that should have the same opportunities that I’ve had and say I can live with myself because I can’t if I just watch.” ― Colin Kaepernick
“This is for people that don’t have the voice, and this is for people that are being oppressed and need to have equal opportunities to be successful.” ― Colin Kaepernick
“You have to take care of the ball to win football games.” ― Colin Kaepernick
