124 Quotes by 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.

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

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.

Thankfully, God blessed me with some legs that move pretty good, and we also get to wear pads, so I should be alright.

Quarterbacks can still have good bodies. I'm always conscious of the stereotype. I want to change what people think. There's a lot more to it than what you see on the field.

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

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.

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 refuse to take shortcuts.