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.'

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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.

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I've been in places that have been robbed.

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

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

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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.

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

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I never wanted football to be my highest peak.

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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.

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

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Beverly Hills didn't save me from anything. It exposed me to a whole new world of problems I didn't know existed.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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That L.A. traffic is no joke.

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

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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.

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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.

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I've seen a lot of guys who can't get beyond their playing days.

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I don't bad-mouth football, but I also know that it has a long trail of tears and heartbreak and animosity built up by past players who feel that they put so much into the game and didn't get a lot out of it after.

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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.

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