Spencer Paysinger

“There's a rich family culture in South Central. The block that I grew up on, all the kids were best friends. They hung out at each other's houses. I can knock on the person's house two doors down and grab some food and just hang out or go into the backyard and play basketball when they're not there.”

“I've been in places that have been robbed.”

“My mom gets mad because she'll read on Twitter or some message board that Spencer Paysinger is no good, and the Giants need to get rid of him. I tell her to stop reading that stuff because, at the end of the day, the media has no say on what happens in the locker room.”

“I'm not the type of person to dwell on what's not happening and what I can't control.”

“Coach Coughlin, he's one of the best coaches I've ever had. He's one of the best coaches in the NFL, hands down.”

“The coaches can only put us in the right position, but it's up to the players to take the action.”

“I've seen Jay-Z and Kanye West. I've seen actors like Tom Hanks and Nicholas Cage.”

“It's easy to look at South Central and say, 'That's a bad place,' and it's easy to look at Beverly Hills and say, 'It will be a cakewalk,' but it just exposed me to a different set of problems. Both sides relate to each other more than they think.”

“I wish football, as a culture, bred more than just a football player. It has the ability to be an incubator and transition players properly.”

“I don't think there's anywhere else better than the Giants in terms of organization and history.”

“I must learn to adapt, or else I'll fall victim to the negative statistics surrounding retired athletes.”

“I myself have the utmost respect for Coach Coughlin.”

“It doesn't matter if I'm in a boardroom pitching to a group, attempting to perfect the latte heart, or stopping a running back on 4th and 2. If I'm passionate and willing to devote the time and effort to something; I'm unstoppable.”

“They say that when it comes to the depth chart, it can change any day and that we dictate how the depth chart goes. If one person has a great day, he might be going with the 'ones.' If a person slips up a little bit, he might be going with the 'twos' and 'threes.'”

“I'm a simple man; I like to stick to what I know.”

“At the end of the day, I want to help my team out as much as possible in any way I can.”

“Just growing up on 'Friday Night Lights,' other dramas, that kind of shaped my childhood. The fact that I can have one talking about my life - it's insane.”

“I never wanted football to be my highest peak.”

“It's extremely uncommon in sports to retire and have a show about you within eight months of retiring.”

“It dates back to my dad and my uncles. They all got permits to go to Beverly Hills High School back in the '70s and early '80s. After they finished college, they came back and became football coaches there. So I was there with a permit.”