I was taught growing up that you always do what you believe.

It is paramount that we take control of the story behind our movement, which is that we seek equality for all Americans, no matter their race or gender.

It has always been my understanding that the brave men and women who fought and died for our country did so to ensure that we could live in a fair and free society, which includes the right to speak out in protest.

You'd like to think we're past certain things, the way we treat people. I thought we were at a time where you love your neighbor as yourself. But as I've studied history - it hasn't repeated itself necessarily, but it's dressed a little different and is acting the same.

It is an honor to join the ranks of sports icons such as Muhammad Ali and Tiger Woods by being immortalized in wax at Madame Tussauds Washington, D.C.

I wish football, as a culture, bred more than just a football player. It has the ability to be an incubator and transition players properly.

I had kind of left college. I wanted to study to be a sports teacher, but I had that little inner voice within me that said, 'You should be doing something else,' and I followed that gut instinct.

Mizzou was my real family. I loved it. Football was a sense of home. A home I never had.