“One person missing from this celebration of corporate beneficence is football's most famous social justice advocate, Colin Kaepernick, who was effectively blackballed from the NFL and settled out of court with the league this year.”— Harry Cheadle, vice.com
“I simply refuse to accept that as a standard of leadership for the highest office in the world. Even if you never understand it, sir, if you never understand it, if you think you're playing to your base, if you're not a unifier, we will continue to stand in the gap, and racism is going to be under o…”— Sheila Jackson Lee, chron.com
“So I think for Colin, for me how I would gauge it is, when I go back and watch the film like I'll do for our Sunday show, and I watch him, I'm going to be able to say, he made the throws that were there to be made. I believe NFL quarterbacks have to make the throws that are easy and are there to be…”— Kurt Warner, ninersnation.com
“I saw somebody compared him to Muhammad Ali, which is ludicrous. Muhammad Ali was fighting for a bigger cause since he was Cassius Clay. Every day. So I've never seen Kaepernick do anything in the community—I don't really know him, but to each his own. Everybody has their voice, especially now with…”— Shaquille O'Neal, esquire.com