Ron Rivera

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

— Ron Rivera

I don't go into any conversations not prepared.

— Ron Rivera

I know I sound overly optimistic, but you know me, I've always been an optimistic guy.

— Ron Rivera

I always feel like I'm coaching for my job. Just like when I was a player for nine years in Chicago. I…

— 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

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

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

One thing I've learned is you have to treat everybody fair but you're not going to be able to treat everybody the…

— Ron Rivera

After Mickey passed, I was talking to my mom on the phone. She was talking about how we were such good brothers…

— Ron Rivera

I feel that I have to succeed to the highest level I can.

— Ron Rivera

If you make a mistake, you have to step up and you have to take responsibility.

— Ron Rivera

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

— 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

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

— 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

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

— Ron Rivera

If you talk to people in the military, they'll tell you it takes 3-to-5 years to completely change a culture. It's about…

— 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

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

— Ron Rivera

My mother's family migrated from Mexico to Colorado and then to the Salinas Valley of California. My father was based there, they…

— 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

I've got a lot of confidence.

— Ron Rivera

When you have a little bit of a lead, you've got to continue to pound away.

— Ron Rivera

My oldest brother was a police officer.

— Ron Rivera

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

— Ron Rivera