Top 22 Cam Newton Quotes

Most of the time, I don’t really give people a chance. I have a wall up. I’m always protecting who I am. Thinking about my brand. I make it hard on people. Sometimes, it’s a good thing. Sometimes, it’s a bad thing.

But yet I don’t think I should be labeled just a black quarterback, because it’s bigger things in this sport that need to be accomplished.

There’s not a Sunday that goes past that I’m not excited to play this game. I feel as if I’m a lucky individual to have the opportunity to play this game, and when I do have the opportunity to finally play, you can bet your last dollar I will be excited to play.

I see myself not only as a football player, but an entertainer and icon.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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 don’t even want to touch on the topic of black quarterback, because I think this game is bigger than black, white or even green.

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.

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

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 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.

I don’t ever want to seem like I’m trying to command attention through the way I dress – but I have certainly been known to wear everything from a flamboyant suit to something very mellow and classic. I aim to just look and feel confident.

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

My dad said, ‘Cam, you can make this situation a dream or you can make this situation a nightmare.’ That struck a fire under me. That was my drive.

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.

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.

Winning excuses everything.