Cam Newton

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 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. ”

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. ”

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. ”

I. Hate. Excuses. Excuses are a disease. ”

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

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

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

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

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. ”