Philip Rivers Quotes

I love baseball. The game allowed me the influence to impact kids in a positive way. This gives me a chance to talk to some social issues.

I've watched what coaches do for young people in our country.

It's always great to do something to impact kids in sports.

I didn't really want to be the coach who wins but the coach who educates.

The true value of sport is more than the skills that young people learn.

The sport in Scouting is to find the good in every boy and develop it.

The thing I like about college football so much is you can affect these guys a lot more when they are 18-22, 23 years old in terms of people and having a chance to be more successful. They are still a value type development, where you have a chance to help them mature a bit and help them be a little more successful in life.

Coaches around the country are influencing the next generation of men in a positive way.

Kids in sports - it makes such an impact in life with the lessons that you learn.

The biggest thing we get out of it is seeing the kids smile. And hopefully we will also see that the lessons we're teaching - not only the fundamentals of hockey, but also the life values - are sinking in.

I was in the Boy Scouts for about four years until my troop disbanded. It is really one of the best activities youths can get involved in and nearly every scout I have known has been a class act due to the discipline the Scouts have instilled in them.

Sport is and should remain a great school of life that supports young people in their personal development. It teaches respect for others and also for oneself.

We're all about trying to teach the kids life through basketball.

There are a lot of good men out there who just need a little direction and leadership in order for them to offer what they have to young men and boys.

Here, I have an opportunity to affect the lives of a lot of young people - and not just on my football team. I'm not kidding myself that that would be true at the professional level.

Youth sports could not exist without millions of volunteers and modestly paid coaches who teach our children how to skate and catch and dribble and also how to get along with others.

Developing better people should be the number one goal for any coach when dealing with kids. In trying to develop better people, we are going to develop more and better pros.

The whole thing is develop players, develop them as people, develop teams.

I feel fortunate to be a part of a football community that includes leaders who recognize the power of sport to make a difference and who, like so many of my coaches, are defined not only by their knowledge but by their ability to bring out the best in every member of their teams.

Every kid I've been around as a football player, they want their coaches to make them better as men and as players.

It's not just teachers, but coaches are helping to shape the young people of tomorrow.

When I think about the future and how I can make a difference in the world, I want to be able to use my love of the game of baseball to be a good example and a good person.

And I love doing my radio show and I love some of the other interests that I have. But I really feel like the biggest contribution I can make is in the lives of the men in this Valor football program.

If you're a young man, and you're being coached by someone like Guy Lewis, you're going to become a better man.

Sports is one of the keys to my life. It definitely kept me out of a lot of trouble and gave me a lot of discipline.