Philip Rivers

“I don't if I can handle not being on the sideline and being part of a team trying to win a football game on Friday nights.”

“If I'm healthy and the Chargers still want me to hang around, I'm going to go until they tell me to get out.”

“Sometimes you have long work days. Sometimes you have to be on the road a lot. But when you're home, be home.”

“I stand up all four quarters even when I'm not playing.”

“My faith, my family and this football is more than I could ever imagine as an 8-year-old little boy.”

“You want our team to have the best chance to win.”

“Cool under pressure can be misinterpreted. I'm fired up, but in my mind, I'm calm. Here comes the next play, hurry up, let's go.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I've always watched the Hall of Fame speeches. Thought about what I would talk about if I ever was up there. But I don't wake up in the morning thinking about wanting to be in the Hall of Fame. I really don't.”

“Early in the year, you never know how teams are going to be.”

“You never want to see someone not at their best.”

“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 always believe, why wouldn't you want to play the best?”

“I like being one of the guys.”

“I think it's a challenge, and I'm by no means perfect at it, nor is anybody, but I think what I would always tell other dads is to try to be present. Just try to be there.”

“You can sit and imagine what it is like to go into a hostile stadium, or what it's like to play for the AFC championship, but you never know until you do it.”

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

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

“I used to struggle mentally in these preseason games because you know you're not going to be in there long.”