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"He meditates, doesn&amp;amp;#8217;t eat meat, and has never had a sip of alcohol. Not what you&amp;amp;#8217;d expect from a 6&amp;#x27;5&amp;quot;, 245-pound football player, but Cam Newton, 25, isn&amp;amp;#8217;t a typical jock. A preacher&amp;amp;#8217;s son from Georgia, the Carolina Panther is one of the youngest QBs in the NFL. The new face (and body) of Drakkar Essence talks about being football&amp;amp;#8217;s nice guy. GLAMOUR: Did you always have your heart set on football? CAM NEWTON: Definitely. People tell you not to put all your eggs in one basket, but if a person has a fallback plan, failing is an option. And it never was for me. GLAMOUR: As first pick in the 2011 draft, how&amp;amp;#8217;d you celebrate? CN: I told myself I&amp;amp;#8217;d take my first sip of alcohol if I ever got drafted. My friends brought over the biggest bottle they could find, but I said, &amp;amp;#8220;Cam, if you&amp;amp;#8217;ve gotten this far without drinking, just imagine how much farther you can go if you continue not drinking.&amp;amp;#8221; So I decided I&amp;amp;#8217;ll take my first sip when I get married. GLAMOUR: That&amp;amp;#8217;s impressive. So do you have any vices? CN: I&amp;amp;#8217;m a snack-food junkie. Oh my goodness, Flamin&amp;amp;#8217; Hot Cheetos! GLAMOUR: How do you spend downtime between games? CN: I read a lot and play video games. When the newest game comes out, I have to run out and buy it. I&amp;amp;#8217;m 25, but I still have that childish side. GLAMOUR: Any pregame rituals? CN: I meditate and listen to music. My iPod has 8,000 songs on it. I play everything from Lil Wayne to some doggone Ricky Martin. And, of course, gospel, especially on Sunday. There is a song for every feeling in this world, and I&amp;amp;#8217;m all for whatever works. GLAMOUR: OK, you knew this was coming&amp;amp;#8212;you&amp;amp;#8217;re the face of a cologne now. Has scent always been important to you? CN: Absolutely. Growing up, I could smell my dad before I even saw him enter the house. If I walk past someone, even if I don&amp;amp;#8217;t say two words, I want them to know what I&amp;amp;#8217;m about. Drakkar Essence is my go-to. GLAMOUR: You&amp;amp;#8217;re in your fourth season with the Panthers. Does it still feel like a dream? CN: I can&amp;amp;#8217;t put into words how I feel when I wake up and realize my picture is on the side of a stadium. It&amp;amp;#8217;s ridiculous!"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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