Quotes from Philip Rivers

I hate not practicing.

It's my favorite part of the preparation. When we get a pressure figured out and pick it up, those are the plays that fire me up the most.

I know what I'm about. My teammates know, my family knows, everything else, I can't worry about.

There's so many gifts from the faith to appreciate and it strikes people differently, but the one-ness of the Church wherever you are, Raleigh, San Diego, Alabama. Every place we were was home because the Catholic Church is the same everywhere.

Faith, family, and football is how I prioritize my life. And they all go together, but they go in that order.

Discover your passion and do it to the best of your ability.

Football is one of the most popular sports in the country, and there are many reasons for this. You can take so much from football and apply it to life in general. Just some of those things are goal-setting, preparation, teamwork, perseverance and discipline.

I'm excited about the opportunity to get out there and show not only what I can do but, more importantly, what this team can do with me in there.

First thing, and it's really one of my favorite things, is the protection part. Who everybody is blocking and where the pressure is coming from. Because if we can't get the ball off, it doesn't matter what you're doing out here.

There's a fine line between being careful and careless.

There's obviously games and a history you have with guys that maybe you're a little more fired up to let them know if maybe you beat them on a play.

To me, any time you're playing a Peyton Manning-led football team, there's a challenge - but that's what you dream about growing up as a kid.

Shoot, if you need any added motivation, the first thing is you have to be a pro to play this game and finish it right.

I never intended to be a running quarterback.

I remember asking my mom, 'Can you be the quarterback and the drum major at halftime?' I mean it's like, what in the world? I wanted to go play quarterback, and I wanted to lead the band. I don't know how old I was but I vaguely remember asking them that.

My big, growing family keeps everything balanced and grounded.

When I'm disciplined with my drop and my footwork, I usually throw it pretty good. And when I'm a little bit off, or a little careless in that manner and not dead on to where I'm supposed to be, I'm not as good. So that's one thing - just being disciplined in my drops and my footwork.

I never was a sick like throwing up type of guy. I get nervous with the butterflies in the stomach. I was never a throwing up kind of guy... I'm kind of a pacer. I can't sit down. I can't sit still. I guess that's why I don't ever sit down the whole game.

It seems in this day and age our teens are going to the Internet to learn all the things we would ask our dads. How to tie a tie, how to shave, all those little things.

I'm out there having as good a time as I did in the backyard since I was five-years-old.

It's time for me to step up and take control. That's what I've always been used to.

Once I've received the Eucharist, then I'm prepared to go out and play.

I hope I help lead my son's high school team to a state championship by the time I'm 45. I don't think I'm gonna have a helmet on when I'm 45.

If you knew what you were doing, that it would hinder you, you wouldn't do it.