MALCOLM JENKINS

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.

True patriotism is loving your country and countrymen enough to want to make it better.

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.

My goal is to use football as a platform to speak out on things that need addressing.

There is nothing that says you can't be active and love your community and fight for your community and still do your job.

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

Donald Trump is a divisive name in a locker room.

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.

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.

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

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 remember my dad always complaining about getting pulled over. I remember the differences in school systems. I remember seeing police officers, not knowing their names, and knowing that they were there not to protect us, not to serve us, but to watch us.

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.

Oftentimes, even myself as I've come through my entire career from high school all the way up here, everything has been football, football, football. And then you realize that life is much bigger than this game, especially when you start thinking about life after football and what you want to leave behind.

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

I am not really that big into fashion, where I am looking at trends or what everyone else is doing.

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.

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

I like living in the city. I really don't like the suburbs.

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.

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.

Bow tie wearers are like a cult.

The people who have been unjustly disenfranchised by our criminal justice system and the people who daily fight for them always have, and always will be, the inspiration and focus of my efforts.

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.

If you want change, and you want things to get better across the country, there's different ways to go about it.