Colin Kaepernick

I have great respect for the men and women that have fought for this country. I have family, I have friends that have gone and fought for this country. And they fight for freedom, they fight for the people, they fight for liberty and justice, for everyone. ”

In the heat of the battle, it's always different than when you go back and look at it on film. ”

You have full-field view when you're watching the film. Eye in the sky, it's a lot easier to look at it that way than when you're back behind center. ”

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. ”

As far as jeans and shirts, I rock a lot of different things. ”

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

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. ”

Unless you're being carted off, you should be on the field. ”

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

I'm not too big on feelings. ”