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Earlier this week, Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton posted a message on social media that included his mugshot. While the messaged had to be decoded, as the gunslinger uses “special” fonts for some reason, it appeared to be mostly about second chances.
After people have reacted to it, Cam Newton has since gone on to explain the message he was trying to send.
“I wasn't just in the holding cell,” Newton said, via ESPN. “If you really look into that picture you seen green and white [color of jumpsuit]. That wasn't a polo sweater. That day it got as real as it's ever gotten in my life. To realize if I ever want what I want in life, this is the determining factor.”
This is something he's apparently wanted to do for some time.
“I've always been contemplating how to tell [my story],” Newton told reporters. “I just said, ‘You know what? Screw it.'”
“I call it my ‘Resurrection Day' because a lot of me changed that day for obvious reasons,” Newton said. “It ended up being my biggest scar, in essence, being embarrassed, it ended up being my biggest star.
“I talk to kids all the time, and people all the time, that have made mistakes. We've all made mistakes.”
Newton also went on to discuss how he seems himself as NOT being a poster child for success.
“I was having an interesting conversation with somebody recently and we was even talking about the past couple of months of my media things, on the field and off the field,” Newton said. “And to be honest, my response was I don't want to be the poster child of perfection.
“When you put yourself on that [pedestal] and you finally mess up, that's when it comes tumbling down. I want people to look at me and say, ‘Man, look. Cam's still going strong, but look at the mistakes that he's made.' I'm still a work in progress.”
Pretty interesting stuff.
