Quotes from Malcolm Jenkins

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.

On or off the field, practice and teamwork are the key to success.

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.

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.

For me, I'm a bit of a control freak.

Guys move around in free agency.

The problem with hashtags is if someone starts a new hashtag, people move on.

The crime bill basically incentivized the prison system. There were quotas, mandatory minimums. You have to serve 85 percent of your time, so it is guaranteeing that bodies will always be locked up. And that went mostly towards minority communities and poor communities, where crime is more rampant.

I have a huge passion for giving back.

Bow tie wearers are like a cult.

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.

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.

When I look at our communities, our country, our justice system, those are things I want to change and I'm committed to changing, and that's going to take sacrifice. Laying the foundation is the hardest part and requires a lot of sacrifice and time.

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.

I pop in highlight films from high school once in a while because those days were special.

We are demanding police transparency and accountability so we can build trust and work together to make our communities safer.

It's important for students to learn to make smart money management decisions before heading off to college or the entering the workforce.

Government and companies working together to support parents, teachers, and mentors within the community can give kids a strong background in financial literacy.

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.

I'm learning the process of changing things. I'm not really sure where this is going to take me. But I know what I want before my career is over: I want people to remember me as someone other than a guy who just tackled people.

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.

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.

We're kind of coached to stay away from touchy subjects just because of the arena that we're in.

Sports is something that transcends generations, transcends backgrounds, cultures, races. And so the power of sports is real.