CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Teddy Holewager is what you’d call a hardcore football fan.
“I spend my whole day on Sunday just watching football,” she admits. “I got the RedZone!”
That being said, you imagine the joy she felt when the guys she watches on TV, suddenly showed up to her doctor’s office.
“They are as big as I thought there were,” she smiles.
And much to her delight, they’ve also got big hearts too. Guys like Bryce Young and Thomas Incoom could have been anywhere that Tuesday morning. Instead, they and a few of their teammates chose to spend it with cancer patients at Atrium Health.
“It always feels good giving back to the community after a long day of hard work on the field,” said Incoom, a veteran linebacker. “It always feels good to come outside and bring up other people’s day.”
But what could world-class athletes have in common with these patients? It turns out quite a bit.
“The first young man,” said Holewager. “I have a daughter with disabilities. He has a sister with disabilities. His mother was fighting breast cancer. Same as I am fighting cancer.”
But now they’re fighting it together. The Panthers are rooting for them, just they’re rooting for Carolina on Sunday.
“I know you got it in you,” said Holewager. “No fumbles! Just play well and beat those Cowboys!”
It’s the power of positivity.
“Whatever you got going on,” said Incoom. “Just put your head down and just work.”
It’s what “Keep Pounding,” Carolina’s long-standing motto, is all about.