SPENCER PAYSINGER

I don't get hyped when I see stars now because it's like second nature to me.

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

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

Every linebacker that plays in the NFL wants to be a starter.

I don't want this to be, 'Hey, you're the guy who had that one show. What are you doing now?' I want it to be a career.

Truthfully, I think anything involving Tebow opens people's eyes.

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

I never wanted football to be my highest peak.

I definitely had a gang influence with friends and family growing up in South Central, and people might think that Beverly Hills definitely shielded me from some problems. But in actuality, it only opened up a whole new can of worms.

I pride myself on that, even though I'm kind of under the radar, when I step on the field, I try to do an admirable job.

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.

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.

I just felt like I didn't have to go back to football. Anytime I don't have to hit somebody, I'm all for it.

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.

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.'

Me and both my brothers got permits to attend Beverly because two of my uncles and my uncle's wife all taught and coached at Beverly Hills High. But I grew up in South Central.

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

We prided ourselves at Oregon, where teams said they were going to try to beat us down and try to manhandle us, and maybe in the first quarter they were running with us, but it was just, 'Let's see how they are come the fourth quarter when they're tired, and they've had 70 to 80 plays coming at them non-stop.'

South Central's been portrayed so many different ways in the media for however long.

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 myself have the utmost respect for Coach Coughlin.

I wear the same socks after I wash them, and I like to eat the same meal the morning before a game.

I've been in cars that have been shot at.

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

Obviously, if you are playing against a guy who is known for an up-tempo offense, you'll probably tailor your practice a little bit to say, 'Hey, let's get a couple of fast-paced plays back to back to back to try to simulate that.'