A lot of people don't realize the toll put on activists. There's a very draining element to it.
— Kenny Stills
Making a bad decision, that's just one decision, but if you do it over and over again there's no growth. If you can move forward, there's an opportunity for you to grow and change.
Every once in a while, you need a reminder of how people see you, view you.
I'm conscious to know and understand what's going on with the game and what comes from the game and what's life after football.
I'm just trying to find ways to give back and use my platform to put a smile on other people's faces and ultimately make change.
Drew Brees is going to be in the Hall of Fame.
I hope that people understand in order for things to change in our country, we all have to come together and do it together.
I've tried to distance myself from the RISE initiative based off a gut feeling I had. I've done little things here and there, but I wasn't included in the Super Bowl thing they did, and it's something I felt in my gut from the beginning. I respect the work that they've done, but things aren't aligning for me so I try to stay away from it.
I think it's important to understand people can disagree on things, and still move forward.
I can tell you that I'm getting open and I'm trying to take advantage of every opportunity that comes my way.
There's always areas of the game you want to improve. For me, specifically, yards after the catch, making those tough, contested catches.
I connect deeply with SAVE's mission and I realize it doesn't matter which specific group you're fighting for, that everyone deserves equality, everyone deserves safety, and everyone deserves to be able to live their lives free of hate, fear and discrimination.
If police are upset about an individual wearing pig socks, they need to understand why those socks exist in the first place.
I think I've done a good job of trying to figure out ways to continue to use my voice and platform for the right things.
Activism isn't something you just kind of get involved in and then turn your back on it.
Whenever I have a message to get out I seem to find a way to get my message out.
It's tough for some families throughout the year and during the holidays.
Getting in the community, working with the kids, was a way that I felt like I could get out and make a change.
Every cop isn't a bad cop just like every NFL player that makes a mistake, we're not all bad guys.
If you say you're going to be about something, let's be about it.
A lot of the things I've talked about are being a human being, being respectful, and really just caring about others, and trying to draw the line in the sand when it comes to hate and divisiveness.
Me, in all aspects of my life, I'm thinking about how can I maximize my skill set and who I am as a person. That's part of my job in becoming a better receiver.
Every ball that comes my way, I believe should be caught.
We're not preparing to lose games.
I wish we could do a better job of understanding what we're doing to kids, because it can be better. It's unfair to give up on these young black kids. We don't do that to white kids.
The MMA stuff has been really good, I'm enjoying that. To be able to work with Jay Glazer, he's a total meathead, he loves all that stuff. I hit him as hard as I can and he's like 'Yeah!' It's been fun for me to release that anger without putting pads on.
I'm conscious to know who I am as a young man and what I want to be off the field and how I want to impact other people.
It's an honor to be even mentioned in the same breath as Walter Payton.
As you progress high school, college into the league, you can tell the difference between quarterbacks with their timing and the way the ball comes out of their hand.
My pops played for the Packers for five years.
We want equality for everyone and justice when it's time for that.
I'm trying to do the work God created in my heart to do.
I'll continue to speak my mind.
I'm just trying to set my game up to that level of anytime the ball comes my way, I make a play, making people miss and getting the yards after the catch.
I decided to protest in 2016 because I was feeling helpless and somebody needed to do something.
