A biography for Malcolm Jenkinshasn’t been written yet.
“I will shop at Asos or Urban Outfitters. Urban Outfitters is probably where I buy most of my stuff from. I mix and match from different places.”
“To be in a situation where you have another year on your deal and the team still wants to extend that - they see your value, they want you in the building, and they want to build around you - that speaks volumes. That's very, very important to a player like me.”
“My goal is to use football as a platform to speak out on things that need addressing.”
“We are demanding police transparency and accountability so we can build trust and work together to make our communities safer.”
“I grew up playing in the streets. We played two-hand touch from street pole to street pole. That's how I learned the game.”
“For me, I'm a bit of a control freak.”
“Fashion, to me, is trends - it's what other people are wearing; it's what's hot this season. I'm not as interested in that. Style, to me, is personal. Style is what each individual has.”
“Changing communities and changing our country is going to last a lot longer than how many footballs you catch or how many touchdowns you make.”
“I pop in highlight films from high school once in a while because those days were special.”
“My wife has an all-natural skin and hair product company. I use all of her products for my beard. She has a beard oil and a beard wash. So that is what I use.”
“A lot of guys will talk politics, but usually not about Trump. Those might get a little heated depending on who you're talking to.”
“If you know anything about the issues in our country, you know we have a lot of deep-rooted anger and anxieties that spark a lot of passion. When you talk about our national anthem or the flag or race relations or the criminal justice system, it brings up a lot of those fears and insecurities.”
“I have a huge passion for giving back.”
“Communities of color have also had to watch video after video of unarmed black men and women being handled without regard for their lives or well-being. As a black man, I see these images, and I see myself; I wonder whether this will happen to me or one of my loved ones.”
“Everyone loses when voices get stifled.”
“Sports is something that transcends generations, transcends backgrounds, cultures, races. And so the power of sports is real.”
“True patriotism is loving your country and countrymen enough to want to make it better.”
“I want to be remembered as someone that used football to raise awareness.”
“I've never been incarcerated; I don't deal with these things on a day-to-day basis in my own personal life, but I have family members that do. I have friends that do. I have people in the city that I live in, Philadelphia, that are dealing with this on a daily basis.”
“I am not really that big into fashion, where I am looking at trends or what everyone else is doing.”