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" I don't want to be the center of attention, which is ironic. I hate having all eyes on me - unless it's for my job, and my job is playing football. I'm not that attention-hungry. "

Cam Newton

Eyes

Attention

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Situation

" I grew up trying to be like my idols, and one of the main people in my life was my father. He played football, and when your father is telling stories about the game he played... Everybody wants to be like their father. "

" My place of refuge is definitely watching movies and playing video games. I know that's kind of hard to fathom. "

" What happens when you take a lion out of the safari and try to take him to your place of residence and make him a house pet? It ain't going to happen. That's the type of person that I am. I'm that lion. "

" I've said numerous times that I play to have a stage that people will listen to, and I pray to God that I do right by my influence. "

" In college, you had to worry about that math class or this exam that's coming up on Tuesday, but not in the professionals. You eat, sleep, and do everything related to your craft - and your craft is football. You can be at it from sunup to sundown. "

" Control what you can control. Don't lose sleep worrying about things that you don't have control over because, at the end of the day, you still won't have any control over them. "

" Music can bring about different vibes on the field, off the field, urban life, going to church, leaving church. Everything the world may bring, there's a song for it to put you in the right frame of mind. "

" I pray for discretion every single night, that I can see through people, see what their greater good is. Sometimes that individual 'wows' you by the eye, but when it come to heart to heart, that person's not there for you. That's not just females. That may be friends, people who come into your life just to use you for who you are. "

" There are three or four places in the country where people think of fashion: One is L.A., obviously. Another is New York. And I think Atlanta has to be in the top five cities where fashion is very big. "

" The thing that makes the great players great, and that separates players from different players is, when you going out there whether being prepared or not, you have to react. And if you're thinking, you're already a step behind. "

" I said on numerous occasions how I feel about my father. I love him with all my heart. "

" My father always wanted me to play a musical instrument, and I never had that type of skill. "

" The quarterback is an extension of the coach and has a certain type of swagger mentality, on and off the field. "

" I'm an example of why people deserve second chances. "

" You know, I'm an African-American quarterback. That may scare a lot of people because they - they haven't seen nothing that they can compare me to. "

Cam Newton

You

People

" Because when I go places and I talk to kids and I talk to parents and I talk to athletes all over, and they look at my story and they see a person, African-American or not, they see something that they can relate to. "

" Playing this game, you cannot have nothing holding you back. If you're thinking, you're wrong automatically. "

" Word of mouth travels faster than anything else. "

" My thing is to execute the given play, execute the game plan to the best of my ability. If the option is for me to make a play when I have to, I will. Or I'll put myself in the best situation to do so. "

" I know when it's getting close to game time, I create a different playlist for each and every game. Before the game, to game time, to warm-ups, going to the stadium, I have a different playlist that puts me in a different mode. "

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Create

Time

" One day I hope to open my own day-care center. My passion for kids is through the roof. "