Football Quotes by Ron Rivera

I am very, very, very pleased with Graham Gano.

— Ron Rivera

I'm a Teddy Bridgewater fan.

— Ron Rivera

My biggest regret is not winning the Super Bowl.

— Ron Rivera

All of the best pass-rushing teams are the ones that seem to have these hybrid rush ends.

— Ron Rivera

I want to be able to coach people, impact people, win football games and hopefully win a Super Bowl.

— Ron Rivera

There are not a lot of true defensive ends like there used to be.

— Ron Rivera

You apologize for losing in the playoffs, but you don't apologize for getting in.

— Ron Rivera

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

— Ron Rivera

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…

— Ron Rivera

If you have a settled quarterback situation, you're pretty doggone good.

— Ron Rivera

I know the reality of the business. But I also say, not in a braggadocious way, that I'm a good football coach.

— Ron Rivera

I love coaching and not just coaching because it's about winning football games, but coaching because you have an opportunity to impact…

— Ron Rivera

Well, that's the question we have to answer as coaches. Is our franchise quarterback here? Is he on the roster? Is he…

— Ron Rivera

It's funny. At one point you've got a 14-game winning streak and people doubt you, then you lose one game and people…

— Ron Rivera

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…

— Ron Rivera

Somebody will say, 'Oh, if you go 19-0 you win the Super Bowl.' And I'm like, 'Yeah it does, but let's take…

— Ron Rivera

When you get into playing you strive for one thing, that's to be a Super Bowl champion. When you get into coaching,…

— Ron Rivera

He wasn't a football player, but my idol growing up was Roberto Clemente. The man died trying to help out earthquake victims…

— Ron Rivera

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…

— Ron Rivera

The NFL has done a great job of promoting the popularity of the game. There now are youth leagues in Puerto Rico…

— Ron Rivera

You got to go back and look at it, what happened when Mike Singletary retired? What happened to the Bears for a…

— Ron Rivera

Not everybody will get a chance to play in this league. You know, there's a transition rate of about 300 guys a…

— Ron Rivera

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…

— Ron Rivera

There's pressure, and that's just the way life is in the NFL.

— Ron Rivera

It's a lot of fun watching Kelvin Benjamin out there grow and develop as a football player.

— Ron Rivera

You have to find the sideline-to-sideline guys who can play every down.

— Ron Rivera

When you're a player, you've got to protect your investment, and that's you. Take the best opportunity you can to be ready…

— Ron Rivera