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Bow tie wearers are like a cult.
Guys move around in free agency.
For me, I'm a bit of a control freak.
I have a huge passion for giving back.
Everyone loses when voices get stifled.
Donald Trump is a divisive name in a locker room.
I want to see changes in our criminal justice system.
On or off the field, practice and teamwork are the key to success.
The biggest things I have are the platform that I have and influence.
I'm about creating positive change in the communities that I come from.
I want to be remembered as someone that used football to raise awareness.
The problem with hashtags is if someone starts a new hashtag, people move on.
I get hate mail. I get bad mail. People say they will boycott you or the team.
My goal is to use football as a platform to speak out on things that need addressing.
True patriotism is loving your country and countrymen enough to want to make it better.
I pop in highlight films from high school once in a while because those days were special.
We're kind of coached to stay away from touchy subjects just because of the arena that we're in.
I am not really that big into fashion, where I am looking at trends or what everyone else is doing.
When someone finds their own personal style and they own it, they look good in it, no matter what it is.
If you want change, and you want things to get better across the country, there's different ways to go about it.
I'm not a labels type of guy, so every time my coach tries to call me a safety, I correct him and tell him I'm a hybrid.
I grew up playing in the streets. We played two-hand touch from street pole to street pole. That's how I learned the game.
There is nothing that says you can't be active and love your community and fight for your community and still do your job.
Sports is something that transcends generations, transcends backgrounds, cultures, races. And so the power of sports is real.
The more that I learn about what's going on, it's really hard to ignore the oppression that people are actually going through.
We are demanding police transparency and accountability so we can build trust and work together to make our communities safer.
A lot of guys will talk politics, but usually not about Trump. Those might get a little heated depending on who you're talking to.
For Obama, there was just a lot of enthusiasm in the minority communities to get out and vote. Everybody felt like their vote mattered.
It's important for students to learn to make smart money management decisions before heading off to college or the entering the workforce.
I think when you have a group of guys that care about the community, the city, care about each other, it just makes for a unique locker room.
Everybody I interacted with in my life, directly or indirectly, has placed a fingerprint upon my life. That combination has made me who I am.
Changing communities and changing our country is going to last a lot longer than how many footballs you catch or how many touchdowns you make.
As the blowback against those who stand up for what is right thickens, I feel it is necessary to push forward with a relentless determination.
I will shop at Asos or Urban Outfitters. Urban Outfitters is probably where I buy most of my stuff from. I mix and match from different places.
I can create as many programs and mentorships and scholarships as I want, but it doesn't change the environment in which our youth are growing up in.
It's actually been pretty liberating for me to fully get behind a cause that I feel is worthy and to stand on it and to follow where my heart takes me.
I didn't realize that the platform could be this big until Colin Kaepernick first took a knee. When he did that, that was kind of an 'aha' moment for me.
We've got to understand what wins and what loses for us. What's our formula? For us, it might not be flashy. It might be boring football, but it works for us.
My wife has an all-natural skin and hair product company. I use all of her products for my beard. She has a beard oil and a beard wash. So that is what I use.
A lot of guys try to stay out of the political limelight because you have things like endorsements; you have fans and all these other things that you represent.
Sometimes, we get numb to the fact that people get sent away. We don't see where they are; we say they are 'doing time,' and you really don't know what that is.
Government and companies working together to support parents, teachers, and mentors within the community can give kids a strong background in financial literacy.
Playing the nickel is something I'm very, very comfortable doing and I enjoy doing, but also, I know what me playing the safety position means to the entire defense.
Fashion, to me, is trends - it's what other people are wearing; it's what's hot this season. I'm not as interested in that. Style, to me, is personal. Style is what each individual has.
I've seen signs of life with regards to bipartisan support for criminal justice reform, but the support does not reflect the necessary urgency for real reform. This must be made a priority.
The people who have been unjustly disenfranchised by our criminal justice system and the people who daily fight for them always have, and always will be, the inspiration and focus of my efforts.
You've got a bunch of kids out here that might not want to be athletes, but they want to learn how to make a difference in their community, and I'm trying to as best I can show an example of that.
I've always been a little 'preppy street.' That's how I would describe it. I'm not all the way into street wear, but I am not all the way into a suit and tie either, so I try to combine that look.
I want to see us push for economical and educational advancement in communities of color and low-income communities, and I want to see our relationships between our communities and our law enforcement be advanced.
I could easily vote for things that benefit me taxwise, but the rest of my family is not in this tax bracket. So when I vote, I try to keep in mind my family and my community and what I think is best for the nation as a whole.