A biography for Colin Kaepernickhasn’t been written yet.
“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'm still trying to improve. Everything I can do to improve every part of my game - I'm going to do it.”
“People can talk all they want; that doesn't affect how I go about my business.”
“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.”
“I haven't seen a quarterback play a perfect game yet.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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'm not your typical quarterback. I don't like when people say, 'Quarterbacks aren't supposed to run,' or, 'Quarterbacks aren't supposed to work out a certain way.'”
“I'm not too big on feelings.”
“In the heat of the battle, it's always different than when you go back and look at it on film.”
“People are terrified of them to the point where Trump wants to ban all Muslims from coming here, which is ridiculous.”
“I'm not incapable of going through things.”
“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.”
“At the end of the day, you have to look at, 'Are they knowledgeable? Are they doing their job?' Not what their appearance is.”
“What other people think of how I play and how I go about things really isn't something I worry about.”
“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 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 have great respect for the religion. I know a lot of people that are Muslim and are phenomenal people.”
“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.”