Drew Brees Interview Transcript: Will "Never Agree With Anybody Disrespecting the Flag"

Interviewer: (00:00) Everyone is looking back now at Kaepernick's protest from a few years ago and obviously they were always about police brutality and now it's coming back to the for and a lot of people expect that we will see players kneeling again if and when the NFL season starts. I'm curious how you think the NFL will and should respond to that and of course, you're such a leader in the league, what is your responsibility as a leader in times like this for the rest of your teammates and players in the league? Drew Brees: (00:27) Well, I will never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag of the United States of America or our country. Let me just tell you what I see or what I feel when the National Anthem is played and when I look at the flag of the United States. I envision my two grandfathers who fought for this country during World War II, one in the Army, and one of the Marine Corps, both risking their lives to protect our country and to try to make our country and this world a better place. Drew Brees: (01:00) So every time I stand with my hand over my heart, looking at that flag and singing the National Anthem, that's what I think about. And in many cases, it brings me to tears thinking about all that has been sacrificed, not just those in the military, but for that matter, those throughout the civil rights movements of the '60s and everyone, and all that has been endured by so many people up until this point. And is everything right with our country right now? No, it's not, we still have a long way to go. But I think what you do by standing there and showing respect to the flag with your hand over your heart is it shows unity, it shows that we are all in this together, we can all do better and then we are all part of the solution.