On Friday, Cam Newton answered questions about his fifth annual Kicking It With Cam! event, the celebrity kickball tourney that featured a bunch of teammates as well as other celebs who came out to support.
As he enters his ninth season in the league, he’s coming off an injury that ended his 2018 campaign prematurely and is still recovering from the surgery he had.
If you thought that might get him to change the way he plays, you are sorely mistaken and it truly does not bode well for his health in the future.
“One thing: I’m not changing. I think I’m too old to change,” said Newton. “But I can get better – that’s one thing that I can do. And I like that word – better. At this particular point, the things that make me me are still cemented in, it’s just up to me to take my game to the next level and branch off and get better.”
“I’m just one of the lucky few to be able to still be playing and still have a lot of life in my bones as well,” said Newton.
Newton’s age really hit home when he realized that two if his teammates now participated in his 7-on-7 camps as high schoolers.
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“It really hit home – I knew these kids when they were 17 years old, you know, man?” Newton said about seventh-round wide receiver Terry Godwin and un-drafted free agent Elijah Holyfield. “And now being on the same team with them, it’s just a surreal moment. I know if I have any issues with Terry, I can call his mama.”
“I know if I have any issues with Elijah, I can call his daddy.”
That name should sound very familiar, because Elijah’s daddy is four-time heavyweight champion Evander “The Real Deal” Holyfield.
