There is nothing that says you can't be active and love your community and fight for your community and still do your job.
— Malcolm Jenkins
I am not really that big into fashion, where I am looking at trends or what everyone else is doing.
You can't expect to go about change - especially change of this nature, when you talk about racial equality and justice - you can't expect to go about or engage in that without resistance, and so you're going to have some people who aren't on board.
I've never been incarcerated; I don't deal with these things on a day-to-day basis in my own personal life, but I have family members that do. I have friends that do. I have people in the city that I live in, Philadelphia, that are dealing with this on a daily basis.
Government and companies working together to support parents, teachers, and mentors within the community can give kids a strong background in financial literacy.
Guys move around in free agency.
I like living in the city. I really don't like the suburbs.
I don't claim to be a fashionista.
I don't want to do things to do things. I want them all to make sense to me.
The problem with hashtags is if someone starts a new hashtag, people move on.
If you know anything about the issues in our country, you know we have a lot of deep-rooted anger and anxieties that spark a lot of passion. When you talk about our national anthem or the flag or race relations or the criminal justice system, it brings up a lot of those fears and insecurities.
I pop in highlight films from high school once in a while because those days were special.
Donald Trump is a divisive name in a locker room.
We have that responsibility to look out for those who haven't had the road and the success that we have.
Sports is something that transcends generations, transcends backgrounds, cultures, races. And so the power of sports is real.
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.
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.
I actually enjoy talking about some things other than football.
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.
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.
Once you look up, and it's Week 14 or 15, and it's crunch time, you can't all of a sudden turn on a switch and say, 'Hey guys, we have to step up and be brothers, be family.' That's stuff that is developed in the offseason, training camp, or throughout the season.
It's important for students to learn to make smart money management decisions before heading off to college or the entering the workforce.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The more that I learn about what's going on, it's really hard to ignore the oppression that people are actually going through.
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.
I have a huge passion for giving back.
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.
You're starting to see more and more athletes recognizing their reach and how much leverage and power that they have in their celebrity and in their platform. And more and more guys are trying to use that leverage to better their communities, to better this country and are speaking out on injustice.
I want to thank the fans across the country who have supported me in this effort to fight for equality and justice. I want to thank those that have dedicated their lives to this fight, as I know that it is not easy. And I want to challenge those who stay silent to be courageous and use your platforms to become part of the solution. God Bless.
After spending time with police officers on ride-alongs, meeting with politicians on the state and federal level and grass roots organizations fighting for human rights, it's clear that our criminal justice system is still crippling communities of color through mass incarceration.
When someone finds their own personal style and they own it, they look good in it, no matter what it is.
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'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.
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.
For me, I'm a bit of a control freak.
On or off the field, practice and teamwork are the key to success.
To be in a situation where you have another year on your deal and the team still wants to extend that - they see your value, they want you in the building, and they want to build around you - that speaks volumes. That's very, very important to a player like me.
Bow tie wearers are like a cult.
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.
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.
The biggest things I have are the platform that I have and influence.
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.
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.
If you want change, and you want things to get better across the country, there's different ways to go about it.
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.
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.
We've been doing work outside of the anthem since the beginning. Before the anthem even started, players were involved in these types of social justice issues. The anthem protests or demonstrations just brought eyes and attention to it.
