I understood that there would be some backlash, and that scared me, honestly. But deep down, I felt like it was the right thing to do. And if I was to run away from what I felt in my soul… — Andrew Hawkins Copy Share Image
How you educate the people around you, what steps you take toward making it better, what sacrifices you make. The equation of life is… — Andrew Hawkins Copy Share Image
They want everything to be better for their children. I think athletes are starting to see that and that's why they're starting to speak… — Andrew Hawkins Copy Share Image
I don't think I'm saying anything wrong. And that's just how I judge it. I believe it's not so much about the people, that's just my take. I think making it about people is the wrong way to do it. I think it's the systems. The systems are broken; the systems are what need to be fixed. I think there's… — Andrew Hawkins Copy Share
There's bad people since the beginning of time. Literally one of the first four human beings was someone who killed somebody. So that's never… — Andrew Hawkins Copy Share Image
I think people are wrong to do it, to compare him to your way of wanting to do it. If you're passionate about it, do it and do it your way. It's not always going to be in front of the cameras after a football game - that was the way I did it. Somebody else has a different way,… — Andrew Hawkins Copy Share
Shame on me, for me to have this platform and me to have this opportunity to stand up for something that I thought was… — Andrew Hawkins Copy Share Image
We're just at a point in regard to race relations, we're at a tipping point in America. It's a crucial time. It's sad, honestly, I think it's a place that deep down no one wants to be in. But it's something that needs to be addressed, it's something that needs to be fixed, and hopefully we can figure it out… — Andrew Hawkins Copy Share
Whatever backlash I was going to get, whatever consequence there was for stating my opinion, I was OK with. Because I look at my… — Andrew Hawkins Copy Share Image
A lot of things create a distraction, and when you're on a quest as a football team you want to limit distractions. I'm very much on board with that because I am a football player, and things can be distracting. We have 53 people that we have to make sure aren't distracted, because we only have 16 turns to do… — Andrew Hawkins Copy Share
I'm very much still connected to the way that I've always been perceived. And it happens. I'm not trying to play up anything, it is true. I've walked by numerous cars where they've locked the doors, I get into an elevator and someone moves out of the way. I've been to a place where some people think their children shouldn't… — Andrew Hawkins Copy Share
I'm in a unique situation. I'm 5-foot-6, 175 pounds, so I wouldn't say people are super afraid of me. I live a normal life.… — Andrew Hawkins Copy Share Image
