Quotes from Ron Rivera

I've lost some weight. I've been working out and doing things the right way.

I am one of those who believes that God does have a plan. Whatever that plan, wherever that plan takes me, that's what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna do it with all my heart.

But, you know, I'm just somebody that's from a different era that when football wasn't such a big part of the political scene. You know, that's one of the tough things for me, too, is I've always wanted to try to keep that separate.

The biggest thing I learned is that you have to be prepared. You have to have an answer, and if you don't have an answer, get one and give it.

My biggest regret is not winning the Super Bowl.

When you get into playing you strive for one thing, that's to be a Super Bowl champion. When you get into coaching, you strive to be a Super Bowl-winning head coach. That's what my goal is.

I want to be able to coach people, impact people, win football games and hopefully win a Super Bowl.

When you read the Oath of Office, to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, we should be supportive of people's rights, their right of free speech.

Black lives do matter. We cannot be afraid to say it, so I'll say it again: Black lives do matter.

You apologize for losing in the playoffs, but you don't apologize for getting in.

I am very, very, very pleased with Graham Gano.

People have wanted me to get involved in politics, you know, when I was coaching and I kept telling them, 'It's not for me to get up here and influence people.'

I don't want to sit there and compare to things I've gone through to what the Black player, the African-American player, goes through.

I want to build a sustainable winning culture, in every facet.

The numbers are there just to help you - at the end of the day you've still got to make the decision. There are certain things the numbers can't quantify: They can't quantify injuries, they can't quantify the weather, they can't give you a number on whether the referee's going to make a good call or a bad call.

My oldest brother was a police officer.

When you have a little bit of a lead, you've got to continue to pound away.

I don't go into any conversations not prepared.

When you're a player, you've got to protect your investment, and that's you. Take the best opportunity you can to be ready to play, and then go out and compete and take advantage of it.

That's part of my prerogative as a head coach is that I can change my mind because if I'm wrong, I'll admit it.

There are not a lot of true defensive ends like there used to be.

Everybody deserves the opportunity to fight and fight with everything that they're given.

After Mickey passed, I was talking to my mom on the phone. She was talking about how we were such good brothers and we were so close. And I said, 'Mom, think about how we were raised. We were a military family. And in a military family, because you move around so much, your best friends and your first teammates are your brothers or your sisters.'

I'm a Teddy Bridgewater fan.