“South Central's been portrayed so many different ways in the media for...” — Spencer Paysinger Quote

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've been in places that have been robbed.

Professional or amateur, athletes want to see progress. We like to see numbers and metrics improve, and when you have deeper insight into what's going on inside your body, you're empowered to make changes to improve and become stronger.

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.

When you get a bit older, you gain more experience, and you try to put it to good use, to help yourself in different ways and also the young players.

Each game, each series, there's so many different things that are going on and you have to find different ways to impact winning.

I'm one of those people you can tell 'no' a million different ways, and I'll spend the rest of my life trying to figure out some way to get you to say 'yes.' People have always underestimated me. I have great stamina, great tenacity.

I'm always looking for ways to develop as an artist, especially as a jazz artist-to find different ways of testing my voice.