Top 44 Colin Kaepernick Quotes

The support I’ve gotten from my teammates has been great.

Its a touchy subject, ’cause I never want to take it there, where it seems like it’s all about race. But I feel like that’s something that comes along with the territory of being a black quarterback. When you have success – ‘Oh, you’re a freak athlete.’ Not, ‘Oh, you’re a good quarterback.’

What other people think of how I play and how I go about things really isn’t something I worry about.

To me, I’ve played full seasons and had success. Mentally, I’ve been through it before. I’m not incapable of going through this.

When it comes down to it, you’re playing football regardless of what offense you’re in.

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 never weighed myself when I was at my lightest because I didn’t want to know.

I’ll always be a fan of coach Harbaugh. Not too sure about Michigan.

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

Teammates tell me to bring it down a notch in practice or that their hands are hurting. Randy Moss told me I was the first person to ever dislocate one of his fingers.

Every time I step on the field, I step on the field to make plays.

We have a presidential candidate who’s deleted emails and done things illegally and is a presidential candidate. That doesn’t make sense to me, because if that was any other person, you’d be in prison. So what is this country really standing for?

I’m going to speak the truth when I’m asked about it.

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.

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.

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 have a very high expectation for everything I do. And when I go out and compete, I expect myself to make every play.

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

As far as jeans and shirts, I rock a lot of different things.

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.

I think I’m very good at reading coverage and knowing where I want to go with the ball before the ball is snapped.

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.

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

A lot of them have families to feed, and I think it’s a tragic situation where players aren’t comfortable speaking what’s on their mind or what’s right because they’re afraid of consequences that come along with it. That’s not an ideal environment for anybody.

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

To me, I’m going out there focusing on competing, not worrying about cardio or anything like that.

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.

People don’t realize what’s really going on in this country. There are a lot things that are going on that are unjust. People aren’t being held accountable for. And that’s something that needs to change. That’s something that this country stands for: freedom, liberty and justice for all.

I have great teammates around me who make plays.

My dad, being a businessman, constantly talked to me about carrying myself in a certain way and treating people with respect. And I think that’s something that’s carried over throughout my life. It’s how I deal with certain situations.

I don’t think I can be too hard on myself.

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.

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.

All my tattoos, they’ve been thought out, thought over, been a work in progress for at least a year before I’ve got them. So I’m not walking into a tattoo shop, picking tattoos off a wall. It’s something that means something to me. It’s something that I believe in.

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.’

I don’t look at film that closely about my mechanics of where’s my elbow at.

I never felt that I was supposed to be white. Or black, either. My parents just wanted to let me be who I needed to be.

It is funny to me that because I can run, because I’m athletic, people tend to see that as my only asset.

I’m not too big on feelings.

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.

Once you’re on the field, you’re playing. You’re not worried about anything other than doing your job to help your team.

You have to train hard and be strong while staying flexible and limber, so I’m trying to find that balance.

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.