Philip Rivers Quotations

There is a sense of urgency. I think you can only say 'We're close' and 'We're building' for so long. At some point we're built, let's go. It's time now to be one of those teams that are battling through January.

Sideways rain. We threw it 59 times (actually 57).

No doubt about it. Drew's a starter in this league. But I think I am, too. We both want to be top performers, and we will be. But when we're on the same team, it doesn't work out so well.

I feel like I'm getting better, I really do, ... I do feel a lot more comfortable in there. I don't go out there with doubts; there's no doubts.

I watch it every year. It's something growing up as a kid you watched, never dreaming you'd actually have a chance at it.ÊJust to be there, to haveÊJason White and LarryÊFitzgerald sitting next to you and think, 'Wow, what great company I'm in' --Êeven if IÊdidn't win --Êthat would be a great accomplishment.

I say that confidently. I'm not by any means going to play the perfect game, but I feel like I can go in there and make the plays and get the things done that can win us a game,

(Rivers) won't ever hurt you by running with the ball. ...

I thought he was the best. I really did.

When it's all over -- Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, mid-January -- then I can just play out every scenario in my head.

The one thing that's important is this isn't a setback. This is a time to keep pressing forward to get where we want to go. The time is now and we have an opportunity to do something special in the near future.

Those two years were long for me and difficult. But I think I'm going to look back and say those two years were important for me and it really paid off.

Everybody in this room can be a team guy as much as he wants to, but there comes a point when it's: 'What is best for me, for my career? For my career, it's best that I start playing.

Drew, when he said something, it was important. But he was more of a quiet leader that led by the way he worked. And that's a heck of a way to do it. I'm a little bit more vocal and excited and emotional type of leader. And that way works too.

Drew was a heck of a teammate and a heck of a player. He's a guy I had a lot of fun being around and supporting.

Drew was a heck of a teammate, a heck of a player, a guy I had a lot of fun being around and supporting. I wish him the best on the recovery of the injury, which is the one thing I hated to see happen.

Drew has solidified that he's the guy. He's had two solid years.

I've tried not to get too far ahead of myself or get caught up in what is being said.

That's not all on my shoulders, but I certainly feel like I can get in there and manage it and handle the situation.

That's good. You have to play those (top) teams eventually anyway.

This is not a setback. I haven't played a ton, that's true. But I've had the two years, and I know the abilities I do have.

A lot of it is timing. You've got Drew, who had the great year last year, and then I'm here and Cleo's here. We're all young (Rivers is 23, Brees 26).

It's neat now. We're both on the same team, he's a great guy and we've had a lot of fun together.

I'm not sitting here all fired up like I've achieved something, ... I'm pleased that I've made some progress, obviously, and shown them such, that they feel that I'm ready to be in that position.

I'm excited either way. I know I'm going to get a chance to run this offense.

I love it here. But I want to play. I would rather play and be a starter somewhere else if I can't do it here.

I'm sure there will be a different report every day for the next six months, and I'm not going to get caught up in them. I'm a Charger.

He proved it in college when people thought he was too small. He might not be an inside-the-tackles runner, but we've got the best in the game for that. He can give us a changeup.

For the most part, the feedback I've got is that they're not going to mess with the motion. I think there needs to be a problem before it needs to be fixed, and I don't think there is right now. If there becomes one, I'm going to do be open to do all I can do to get better and make it work.

What we've established (in San Diego) with my growing family is hard to re-create. It's hard to up and re-create that. I know that moves are part of life. But that certainty is fair to say that (not being sold on moving to Los Angeles) is part of it. The good thing is I'm not under contract in a year where we'd potentially be in Los Angeles.

I don't like to sit still.

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.

I consider myself a leader of this football team, along with a lot of other guys.

I grew up on the game.

I've already developed trust in my teammates -as a player and as a person.

I'm getting better every day.

What I can control and all I know as of today, I am signed up for one more year...I guess things could change, but with all the uncertainty in many aspects, I don't see (his decision not to sign an extension) changing before camp gets here, and when camp gets here I'm even more certain to play it out.

I have the responsibility to work hard and get ready so we can take this team where we need to go.

You want to be playing your best in December and hopefully it'll carry over into January.

I've been calling plays in the huddle since I was seven.

Anybody who has watched me play knows I'm not one of the fastest guys, but I understand what's going on around me and what to look for. I know what the defense is doing.

You prepare. You study. You've got to be ready for anything.

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.