Philip Rivers Quotes

My mum said I told her I wanted to be a hairdresser during the week and a star on the weekend and that was when I was really young.

I grew up believing that I could be the president of the United States. I was told I could be whatever I wanted.

I remember running up to my dad and saying, 'I want to be an actor when I grow up!' And him saying, 'Yeah, well we'll talk about it.'

When I was 14, I told my mother I intended to be in the House of Commons in the morning, in court in the afternoon and on stage in the evening. She realised then a fantasist had been born.

Until the age of thirteen, I tortured the waiting worlds of book illustration and professional football by shilly-shallying over which of them was going to get the benefit of my inestimable talents.

I was watching 'Mr. Roger's Neighborhood', 'Sesame Street', 'Electric Company', 'Romper Room', and 'Villa Alegre!' when I said to my self, 'Hey, self! Wouldn't it be fun to be one of those kids on the TV?' My mom thought it was a pretty good idea, too... and she instantly moved us from the Bay Area to Malibu... nice.

I wanted to be in 'Star Wars' when I was six years old. I asked my mom for two years, and she told me I was crazy.

When I was 5 years old I would lie in bed, look at the radio, and I wanted to be on the radio. I don't know why.

My whole life, my dream has been to be a quarterback.

I was one of those little girls who practiced signing autographs since I was 5 years old.

You have to think anyway, so why not think big?

From the time I was 2, I told my mom I was going to be a singer. And she'd say, 'Sure, honey, and tomorrow you'll want to be a dancer.'

When I was 10 years old, my teacher got us to imagine our future. I drew a timeline of the rest of my life. I had just started playing football, so I drew pictures of me as a professional footballer.

My dream was to become a footballer. I started loving football so much that I followed my dad wherever he went and spent all my time playing football with friends out in the fields. But my parents also taught me the important values and principles in life of respect and to raise me in that way.

I want to be the best quarterback at Texas Tech, the best quarterback in the Big 12.

I've always had visions of being a starting quarterback. That's why I come to work every day.

What motivates me is being the best quarterback in the world.

I think I always wanted to be quarterback so I could call the play.

I've always done that since I was in second grade watching the varsity quarterback at my father's high school - trying to steal reps as much as I can.

When I was little, I wanted to be a Bongo girl and be an actress - I am living my dream. It's just awesome.

When I was growing up, Keane and Sheringham were my idols, and they wore 10. So it was always my dream to wear it.

My goal was to be the starting quarterback at Texas Tech and I didn't reach that goal.

When I was 5, I was always joking around like, 'Oh man, I wanna go to the Olympics.'

I loved the idea of playing quarterback on Friday Night Lights in high school, that whole experience. I wanted to be a Division I quarterback, that became my goal growing up, other than being a professional hockey player.

Ever since I was maybe nine or 10 years old, I'd say, 'I'm gonna be an actor, and I'm gonna go to Julliard, and I'm gonna be in movies.' My parents never said, 'What's your backup plan?'