It shouldn't have been a thriller, I can tell you that, it was great to be in a game like this. It was kind of like our first dose of what playoff football is going to be about. We've got to create that killer instinct. We have to be better, and we will be better.

Cam Newton

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Winning is contagious, you know its a thought. It's not something that just happens on Sundays. You know that's something, like you have to live like a winner. You have to think like a winner. You have to eat like a winner. Everything that you do with life, you gotta be a winner.

sunday winning thinking

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.

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You cannot make progress with excuses. by Cam Newton

You cannot make progress with excuses.

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You don't go into the game to compete. You go into each game to w... by Cam Newton

You don't go into the game to compete. You go into each game to win.

Not to sound arrogant, but what I did in one year, others couldn't do in their entire collegiate careers.

careers sound years

When people see you do alright, then you start winning their hearts. It's not going to come easy, though. It doesn't matter how many people you do right, you're still going to be hated by so many others. You can't live your life trying to make everybody happy.

winning heart people

I see the light at the end of the tunnel, so I'm going hard. by Cam Newton

I see the light at the end of the tunnel, so I'm going hard.

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It's no secret that I am not afraid to shine bright and be festive, and I like to encourage that in others.

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I'm a living testimony that anything is possible. by Cam Newton

I'm a living testimony that anything is possible.

anything-is-possible testimony

I am a person that believes in different emotions with music. 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.

leaving song believe

A person that says, 'Losing is not difficult,' I don't even want to be around that person. And obviously, that person has never won anything relevant in their life.

difficult losing want

I'm an example of why people deserve second chances. by Cam Newton

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

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Tom Brady is good, real good...but he plays in same league as I d... by Cam Newton

Tom Brady is good, real good...but he plays in same league as I do.

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I see myself not only as a football player, but an entertainer an... by Cam Newton

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

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I just like having fun with my style and keeping it new. by Cam Newton

I just like having fun with my style and keeping it new.

having-fun style fun

I did nothing wrongEverything I've done at this university I did... by Cam Newton

I did nothing wrongEverything I've done at this university I did the right way.

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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.

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

type swagger fields

I keep my eyes open. I pay attention to how different types of people express their personal style, how they put their clothes together.

clothes eye people

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.

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