Ron Rivera Quotes

Ron Rivera

Profession : Coach

Birth : January 7, 1962

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.

Ron Rivera

I'm very proud of the fact that I am of Hispanic descent.

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 making sure, first of all, that everybody understands what the intent and what the vision is. Then you have to map out how you're gonna get there. And as you start to do that, you've got to find out who's in and who's not in.

Ron Rivera

My biggest regret is not winning the Super Bowl.

Ron Rivera

I want to build a sustainable winning culture, in every facet.

Ron Rivera

The NFL has done a great job of promoting the popularity of the game. There now are youth leagues in Puerto Rico and Mexico. You're starting to see more and more young men with Hispanic surnames come into the NFL and that's a wonderful thing.

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 in Nicaragua and that left a huge impression on me.

Ron Rivera

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

Ron Rivera

Someone once told me you don't know about cancer until it touches you. That's when it touched my brother, Mickey. There's nothing like it. When it touches you, it's overwhelming.

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 scene. You know, that's one of the tough things for me, too, is I've always wanted to try to keep that separate.

Ron Rivera

People have wanted me to get involved in politics, you know, when I was coaching and I kept telling them, 'It's not for me to get up here and influence people.'

Ron Rivera

I don't go into any conversations not prepared.

Ron Rivera

The biggest thing I learned is that you have to be prepared. You have to have an answer, and if you don't have an answer, get one and give it.

Ron Rivera

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

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 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.

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 to play, and then go out and compete and take advantage of it.

Ron Rivera

One of the things that I want to make sure everybody understands is that when you delegate the authority, you have to set the standard.

Ron Rivera

This game is not designed for the defense to have it easy, so if I am gonna favor one side, I'll favor the offense because I want the defense being put under as much stress as possible.

Ron Rivera

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

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