July 1, 2013 – Carolina Panthers star wide-reciver, Steve Smith, hosted a Steve Smith Experience camp last weekend at D1 Greenville; a facility that he co-owns. While at the camp Smith explained how important training is; “It’s about the training. Professional athletes train because we have to. One of the things that’s pretty unique is a lot of moms train as hard or even harder than athletes because they use it as an outlet and to de-stress. You get out here with them and they are going full-speed, but we all put our pants on one leg at a time. They get to see I’m a regular guy too, but I just have to train all the time.”
Smith had fun in running drills both as a receiver and defensive back against a group of teenagers that were obviously thrilled with getting a chance to catch a pass or knock one down against an NFL Pro Bowler. In one instance Smith drew big laughs when he punctuated a nice grab with his patented celebratory ball-spin on the turf. Later he was playfully physical on the line with one kid who was insisting he could show up the NFLer, never allowing the teen to even get off the line and nearly knocking him into a photographer.
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