I never felt that I was supposed to be white. Or black, either. My parents just wanted to let me be who I needed to be.

I felt the way people talked to me was like, 'It's OK to be No. 2 in the NFL, a backup,' and things like that. That's never been my approach.

I have great teammates around me who make plays.

Nobody cares if you're black, white, straight, gay, Christian, Jewish, whatever it may be. When you step on that field, you're a member, in my case, the 49ers. That's your job, your occupation.

I'll never take the easy way out.

There are a lot of details to running that I never even thought about. I just went out and ran. I think I can be faster. I think I can be quicker.