133 Quotes by Ron Rivera

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.

When you get into playing you strive for one thing, that's to be a Super Bowl champion. When you get into coaching, you strive to be a Super Bowl-winning head coach. That's what my goal is.

If we don't have quality healthcare in our country, I mean, we're the richest country in the world. We should.

When you have the right type of people pushing you, man, I tell you what it really helps. It gets your momentum going forward.

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.

To have two separate game plans, you're asking for way too much of your team. That's why it's important to have quarterbacks that know your system, understand your system and have been a part of your system.

Not everybody will get a chance to play in this league. You know, there's a transition rate of about 300 guys a year, that come into the league and leave the league. So the average career expectancy is a little bit under four years, so that doesn't mean you're gonna play forever.

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 love coaching and not just coaching because it's about winning football games, but coaching because you have an opportunity to impact young men and people and that's what I want to do.