Philip Rivers Quotes:
“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.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“Sideways rain. We threw it 59 times (actually 57).”
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“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).”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“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,”
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“That's not all on my shoulders, but I certainly feel like I can get in there and manage it and handle the situation.”
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“(Rivers) won't ever hurt you by running with the ball. ...”
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“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. Just to be there, to have Jason White and Larry Fitzgerald sitting next to you and think, 'Wow, what great company I'm in' -- even if I didn't win -- that would be a great accomplishment.”
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“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.”
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“I think it's gradually gotten less awkward, from my freshman year until now. It's not really as awkward as it's made out to be. On certain [throws] it is, and one of the reasons to me is that if the guy's open five yards in front of me, you get it to him as quick as you can. There's no reason to make it look good, as long as it gets where it's supposed to be.”
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“Drew has solidified that he's the guy. He's had two solid years.”
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“When it's all over -- Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, mid-January -- then I can just play out every scenario in my head.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“I thought he was the best. I really did.”
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“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.”
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“I'm excited either way. I know I'm going to get a chance to run this offense.”
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“I've tried not to get too far ahead of myself or get caught up in what is being said.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“That's good. You have to play those (top) teams eventually anyway.”
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