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.

Philip Rivers

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

Philip Rivers

Work Sports Life

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

Philip Rivers

You Would Were

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

Philip Rivers

Then T Rep

You never want to see someone not at their best.

Philip Rivers

You Want T

When you're present, be present the best you can. Like I said, we all fail. But I think from a dad standpoint, children want our time. Sometimes it might just be five minutes, and sometimes it can be a lot more, but I think they want our time and to be engaged with them and present.

Philip Rivers

Time Age You

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.

Philip Rivers

Cool Up UN

Life is too short to just go through the motions.

Philip Rivers

Life Us Too

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

Philip Rivers

Chance You Win

When it stops being fun, that's when I'll stop playing.

Philip Rivers

Yin UN Tops

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

Philip Rivers

Life Family Faith

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.

Philip Rivers

Wit Wing Win

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.

Philip Rivers

Art You Who

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.

Philip Rivers

Teen Age Would

I don't ever try to sound like, 'it's a piece of cake. Be chaste 'til your married.' But you strive and battle. It's a battle.

Philip Rivers

Your You UN

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.

Philip Rivers

Would Ways Way

My father converted from being Southern Baptist when I was very young. He was determined that we get to Mass every Sunday, which served as the foundation for everything else. You simply do not miss Mass. Period. When the father of the family says we go, then we go.

Philip Rivers

Family Young You

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.

Philip Rivers

Time You Yin

Head coach and quarterback have a record attached to them. And I have always felt a great responsibility to help lead our team to win games, the division and ultimately the Super Bowl.

Philip Rivers

Great Art Win

It's funny, because it's always been a dream of mine to play in the NFL, but I was concerned about the games being played on Sundays. I love to play football but wanted to be able to attend Mass as well.

Philip Rivers

Love Funny Well

Don't get bored with little things - little completions here and there. They are all valuable, because I know that's a trap to fall into. You start feeling pretty good, and you think 'Oh, I want to try and throw this, or throw that.' And you've got to reel yourself in and hone in on the details.

Philip Rivers

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

Philip Rivers

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.

Philip Rivers

I have a lot of respect for New England.

Philip Rivers

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.

Philip Rivers

I love to compete.

Philip Rivers

When I went to college is really when it became my own. I had to get up out of that dorm room and go to church, go to mass on Sunday. That's when I took ownership of my faith.

Philip Rivers

Only by God's mercy and grace. We aren't worthy, we're all sinners, but we are because of Jesus dying for us.

Philip Rivers

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.

Philip Rivers

I don't think it's my job or anything that I owe somebody. But it is nature - coaching - and I like to think I'm pretty charitable in the sense that I like to help people out, share and talk football.

Philip Rivers

I want it to be clear that my love for San Diego, the time here, the memories we had, the games, the practices, everything about it is special and awesome. That will never go away.

Philip Rivers

One of my favorite parts of this game is being a teammate.

Philip Rivers

My happiness is not going to be driven solely on whether we win a Super Bowl or not.

Philip Rivers

I never intended to be a running quarterback.

Philip Rivers

I'm trying to not get too caught up in what I can't control.

Philip Rivers

I think the number one stat that is a direct correlation on winning and losing is turnovers.

Philip Rivers

I'll play like crazy and fight like crazy, as a Los Angeles Charger, just like I did for you guys. And I know y'all can respect and understand that. But I hope you also know that I will always be playing for San Diego as well.

Philip Rivers

My faith has always been very important to me.

Philip Rivers

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.

Philip Rivers

When we went to mass that first Sunday after moving to a new place, that was where we felt at home and were able to say, 'well, home is anywhere, it doesn't matter where we live because we have the faith.'

Philip Rivers

Too many times we think we've fallen too far from God or we're not worthy.

Philip Rivers

I think that you first have to understand that our sexuality is a gift that God has given us. Then you grow in that respect and love with your spouse or girlfriend to-be-wife. You respect her! Then you realize you're loving their heart, their soul and you grow together.

Philip Rivers

I take the role of leadership as the most important job I have. Yes, it's the passes and all the different things you have to do, but it's leading and it's in the huddle and it's in the weight room and the meeting rooms. It's that role I think comes first.

Philip Rivers

I knew as long as I stayed focused on my priorities, I would be ready for life's ups and downs.

Philip Rivers

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

Philip Rivers

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

Philip Rivers

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.

Philip Rivers

I play with the same energy, passion and fire that I played with as a 10-year-old in north Alabama, and I'll continue to play that way. I think sometimes that's misrepresented. There's nothing I say out there that I can't say to my mom, wife or daughters. It's all clean.

Philip Rivers

Look, I'm my own worst critic. I've made mistakes in areas that I need to improve - most notably, turning the ball over.

Philip Rivers

My big, growing family keeps everything balanced and grounded.

Philip Rivers