The coaches can only put us in the right position, but it's up to the players to take the action.
It's extremely uncommon in sports to retire and have a show about you within eight months of retiring.
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.
I don't get hyped when I see stars now because it's like second nature to me.
I've seen Jay-Z and Kanye West. I've seen actors like Tom Hanks and Nicholas Cage.
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've been in cars that have been shot at.
I never wanted football to be my highest peak.
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.'
I've been in places that have been robbed.
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.
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.
Beverly Hills didn't save me from anything. It exposed me to a whole new world of problems I didn't know existed.
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.
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.
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.
That L.A. traffic is no joke.
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.
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.
