Philip Rivers
Philip Rivers
Philip Michael Riversis an American football quarterback for the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League. He played college football at North Carolina State University, and was drafted in the first round of the 2004 NFL Draft with the fourth overall pick by the New York Giants, who traded him to the Chargers for their first overall pick, quarterback Eli Manning. Rivers' career passer rating of 95.7 is fourth-best all-time among NFL quarterbacks with at least 1,500 passing attempts...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth8 December 1981
CityDecatur, AL
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.
You prepare. You study. You've got to be ready for anything.
I've tried not to get too far ahead of myself or get caught up in what is being said.
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.
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.
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.
Drew has solidified that he's the guy. He's had two solid years.
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.
When it's all over -- Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, mid-January -- then I can just play out every scenario in my head.
I thought he was the best. I really did.
Sideways rain. We threw it 59 times (actually 57).
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.
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.
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.