History Quote by Jemele Hill

We live in a country where movies, music, and sports are more important than God to a lot of people. It's why Colin Kaepernick's…

— Shaun King

At some point in time, we're going to have to stop addressing the kneeling, and we're going to have to start addressing what led…

— Shannon Sharpe

Saying Kaepernick is a distraction is based largely on opinion. You could say his decision to kneel for the national anthem was detrimental to…

— Joy Taylor

You have to commend the players who've stepped up and used their voice, who've been courageous, and when it came to Colin Kaepernick, had…

— Harrison Barnes

The Colin Kaepernick Kneeling Trojan Horse has turned sports into the victimhood Olympics, the most powerful venue in popular culture to preach critical race…

— Jason Whitlock

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…

— Malcolm Jenkins

I don't really take into account what the media says. People have their own opinions about what goes on, but they don't see what…

— Sophie Pascoe

I know when I was a kid, I looked up to athletes. So, if an athlete spoke out on an important issue, then I…

— J. J. Redick

Colin Kaepernick has like 18 different documentaries he's being paid for, including an entire production deal with ESPN. Far from suffering economically, no one…

— Clay Travis

Well, the problem is the freedom that the sport gives you without getting to politics. Unfortunately, you cannot now separate it because people cannot…

— Hakeem Olajuwon

“Two motives urge fans to obsession with their sports. One is the need-—through the appeal of vicarious success—-to identify with winners. The other is…

— Paul Fussell

Normally that's the kind of thing, even Colin Kaepernick should applaud that, but people don't. And that's quite telling right there, but [Donald] Trump…

— Rush Limbaugh