Ron Rivera

“This game is not designed for the defense to have it easy, so if I am gonna favor one side, I'll favor the offense because I want the defense being put under as much stress as possible.”

“Believe me, I've made mistakes, but I've tried to learn from those mistakes so that I can be better at things as I go forward.”

“If you want to do something in life, be totally committed.”

“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.”

“One thing my dad's always told me about leadership is when all hell's breaking loose, everyone's looking at you to see how you're handling it. If you're frantic and out of control, they're going to be frantic and out of control. If you're calm, cool and collected and doing the right things, they'll follow you.”

“I'm fortunate I landed on my feet in Washington.”

“You wanted to be in the foxhole with Jim Harbaugh. He hates to lose.”

“Don't make what's interesting important.”

“You have to put in the work, do the things you're supposed to do. But at the end of the day all you need is an opportunity.”

“Mom had a real good back hand.”

“I just am going to go out, do my job, coach as hard as I can and see what happens.”

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

“My mother's family migrated from Mexico to Colorado and then to the Salinas Valley of California. My father was based there, they met at a USO event and the rest is history.”

“I'm not apologizing for winning.”

“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.”

“I don't worry about things I don't control, so I just keep trying to go with the flow.”

“I'm a Teddy Bridgewater fan.”

“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.”

“I've always felt it's very important to try to give back to the community.”

“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.”