Cam Newton downplays health concerns, says he is ‘worried about winning’
Cam Newton is not going to sit around worrying about his health.
Newton spoke Wednesday about the firestorm surrounding the hits he took Thursday against Denver, and he said his concern wasn’t for his health, it was for racking up wins.
“My job is to win football games. My job is not to lobby for my health,” Newton said Wednesday, via Conor Orr of NFL Media. “I feel as if there’s been times that I’ve been taking hits, they haven’t been called. But that’s understandable. Sometimes I’ve been hit and they have been called. So I just can’t point a finger and say I haven’t got no calls because I have.
“And also, just the overall health part with having the best training staff in the league in my opinion. I haven’t had the opportunity to see any others but in my eyes they’re the best.”
Newton said he can’t spend time worrying about his health.
“I’m worried about winning. That’s it. Winning. Winning football games,” Newton said. “That’s why I’m here. I’m not here to worry about retirement plans. I’m not here to worry about pensions. I’m not here to worry about workers comp. I’m here to win football games. Simple and plain. This is a contact sport. This is a physical sport. I play the game for the right reasons to whatever coach asks me to do, I’m gonna do it, to win football games.”
Some of Newton’s own teammates have criticized the response to the hits Newton took in the season opener. Newton doesn’t sound like he’s waiting for sympathy, though. He’s just going to play the game.
