“What people don't understand is joining a gang ain't bad, it's cool, it's fine. When you in the hood, joining a gang it's cool because all your friends are in the gang, all your family's in the gang. We're not just killing people every night, we're just hanging out, having a good time.”
“It's hard to say goodbye to the streets. It's all how you do it. You can pass by and say, 'What's happening?' and keep it moving, but it's a certain element that'll never be able to roll with you once you get to this level, because that's the separation of it all.”
“When I'm not longer rapping, I want to open up an ice cream parlor and call myself Scoop Dogg.”
“Sometimes a loss is the best thing that can happen. It teaches you what you should have done next time.”
“It's so easy for a kid to join a gang, to do drugs... we should make it that easy to be involved in football and academics.”
“You've got to always go back in time if you want to move forward.”
“If you stop at general math, you're only going to make general math money.”
“If the ride is more fly, then you must buy.”
“If it's flipping hamburgers at McDonald's, be the best hamburger flipper in the world. Whatever it is you do you have to master your craft.”
“My younger son, Cordell, aka Lil Snoop, loves me like a fan loves Snoop Dogg. He's inspired by making me happy. My older son, Corde, aka Spank, does everything I say, with effort and determination - but he does it for himself. He gets his thrill out of seeing his own results on the football field.”