124 Quotes by Colin Kaepernick

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

The biggest thing is I watch myself: What I need to improve on, what I can do different.

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.

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.'

I've had times where one of my roommates was moving out of the house in college, and because we were the only black people in that neighborhood, the cops got called, and we had guns drawn on us. Came in the house, without knocking, guns drawn on my teammates and roommates. So I have experienced this.

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

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

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.

I'm still trying to improve. Everything I can do to improve every part of my game - I'm going to do it.