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[on using the 2016 NBA Championship loss to LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers and playing against the LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers at the 2017 NBA Championship]It's been a great motivating factor. I don't want to feel what I felt last year, and I'm going to do everything in my power to attack every game with that kind of perspective.

[on Colin Kaepernick kneeling during the during the national anthem as a demonstration of free speech and a call to action following a series of controversial police shootings. ]So I applaud him for taking a stand, and hopefully the conversation is about what his message was and not, is he going to stand or is he going to sit for the national anthem? The conversation is started and should continue

[on Colin Kaepernick kneeling during the during the national anthem as a demonstration of free speech and a call to action following a series of controversial police shootings] I love that there's freedom of speech and he can stand up for what he believes in. There's going to be people that disagree with him and there's going to be people that agree with him, which is what I think our country stands for, which hopefully will drive the conversation to bettering the equal rights and treatment of African Americans and people of color

[on Colin Kaepernick]He definitely should be in the NFL. If you've been around the NFL, the top 64 quarterbacks, and he's not one of them? Then I don't know what game I'm watching

[on Colin Kaepernick kneeling during the during the national anthem as a demonstration of free speech and a call to action following a series of controversial police shootings]Obviously his stance and his peaceful protest when he was playing here kind of shook up the world, and I think for the better. But hopefully he gets back in the league because he deserves to be here and he deserves an opportunity to play. He's in his prime and can make a team better

[on the backlash Colin Kaepernick received when he kneeled during the national anthem as a demonstration of free speech and a call to action following a series of controversial police shootings]all that he's gone through in the past year actually leads to some awakening.

on the cover of Sports Ilustrated cover omitted Colin KaepernickThat was terrible. It's just kind of capitalizing on the hoopla and the media and all that nonsense. The real people that understand exactly what's been going on, and who's really been active and vocal and truly making a difference, if you don't have Kaepernick front and center on that, something's wrong.

It's kind of hard to see how certain narratives take place, being prisoners of the moment. I was kind of joking around yesterday when I saw that certain Instagram handle. At the end of the day, that stuff really doesn't matter. It's about the true message and really highlighting the people that are doing the right thing