Mental health, for me, is doing everything I can to help this team win. Sitting around not doing anything isn't something I've been too big on since I was young.

Colin Kaepernick

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.

Colin Kaepernick

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

Colin Kaepernick

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.

Colin Kaepernick

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.

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

My parents told me from the time I can remember that, 'Yeah, you're adopted. But this is your family.' I can remember my mom, she tells me this story: when I was little, I was looking at her, and I was like, 'Why isn't my skin the same color as yours?' She was like, 'Oh, you're adopted, but I wish I had pretty brown skin like you.'

Colin Kaepernick

This stand wasn't because I feel like I'm being put down in any kind of way. This is because I'm seeing things happen to people that don't have a voice: people that don't have a platform to talk and have their voices heard and affect change. So I'm in the position where I can do that, and I'm going to do that for people that can't.

Colin Kaepernick

I don't believe in pressure. The pressure is not being prepared for what you want to do.

Colin Kaepernick

I'm going to continue to stand with the people that are being oppressed.

Colin Kaepernick

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.'

Colin Kaepernick

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

Colin Kaepernick

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.

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

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.

Colin Kaepernick

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.

Colin Kaepernick

I don't want people to think you have to look a certain way or be a certain mold to be able to be a quarterback.

Colin Kaepernick

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.

Colin Kaepernick

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

Colin Kaepernick

Feelings aren't going to help me win a game.

Colin Kaepernick

Colin Kaepernick Quotes

Mental health, for me, is doing everything I can to help this team win. Sitting around not doing anything isn't something I've been too big on since I was young.

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

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.

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 believe in pressure. The pressure is not being prepared for what you want to do.

I'm going to continue to stand with the people that are being oppressed.

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.'

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

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.

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.

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.

I don't want people to think you have to look a certain way or be a certain mold to be able to be a quarterback.

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.

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

Feelings aren't going to help me win a game.