American - Athlete | December 20, 1987 -
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.
Malcolm Jenkins
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When you have your star players that decide to use their platform, one, their platforms are bigger than everyone else's, and two, they're a force to be reckoned with because teams don't want to lose that talent. They're a force to be heard.
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The biggest things I have are the platform that I have and influence.
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The more that I learn about what's going on, it's really hard to ignore the oppression that people are actually going through.
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The problem with hashtags is if someone starts a new hashtag, people move on.
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For myself and the Players Coalition, it was never about the money or having our voices bought. To hear people call me or anyone else a sell-out is insulting. It has always been, and will always be, about lifting the voices of the people and the work of those that fight for them.
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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.
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I don't want to do things to do things. I want them all to make sense to me.
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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.
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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.
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I don't claim to be a fashionista.
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Bow tie wearers are like a cult.
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