Colin Kaepernick Quotes

I just do my job; I'm out there to make plays and play football.

For me, I always try and deliver. Regardless of the situation, I always try and play hard every time I step out on the court. If I don't deliver and play well, then I know I haven't been working hard enough.

If someone is not playing defense or not giving effort, that's my specialty. I don't hold back on my words.

The athletes are still out competing the same as a Division I team, and I think we've done a good job of creating an atmosphere where they're responsible for their actions and their play.

I played with a lot of great players before. They're all the same. They take a lot of responsibility for their own play, put a lot of pressure on themselves to perform and to play well.

I never really thought of myself as a captain. I always thought of myself as a guy trying to win games, a guy who could look back and have no regrets.

That's what my mindset is, making the right play and doing the right thing each and every possession.

If you love this game, you always want to be out there, not in the sideline dressed in the street clothes. Especially when you know you can help the team.

I've always said it's just a game of cricket. The only pressure I get is when I feel I've let the team down.

It's easy to be just a basketball player, get paid and come here to do that. But to be professional about it is different.

Every day, you want to come in and contribute when your name is in the lineup.

You've got to want to play defence. Nobody really wants to play defence. It's boring. It sucks. You don't get the flashiness, the scores, the dunks. But you've got to have it.

That's the most important thing - once you're on the pitch, you need to do your job properly.

I'm just like the rest of the guys. I'm a little different in a lot of ways, but I'm still a player with a number on his back and if I'm unable to produce, they'll find somebody else to fill my spot.

There's a standard here as you step on the field as a Broncos defender.

Everyone is expecting something in each game I'm playing. I don't have to score in every game, but I want to do my best. I want to give everything for the club, for my teammates, and myself also.

What you don't want from a player is to walk off and say 'that's the way I play.'

But I was club captain at Leeds, club captain at Fulham. If you've got a bad attitude you're not getting those honours.

We've been training since we were small. You definitely got to love it to be part of this family. We like to have fun. We like to work hard, and always staying out of trouble and always doing the right thing.

It's part of football to accept your responsibility.

Playing for Manchester United demands huge sacrifices. It is a club for workers, and we are there to slog our guts out. There is no bling and sequins about the place.

As a player, you try your best to make things happen, and the rest is up to others.

As players, we were paid to do a job we loved - in my case, at the club I supported. And nothing I did could be allowed to interfere with that. The manager would not have permitted it.

We have to take every game serious. And when I say serious, I mean doing the right things, practicing good habits.

Every time I come and try to work hard in training, and when I get opportunities, try to work hard and do the things the boss asks us to do.