Philip Rivers quotes:

You prepare. You study. You've got to be ready for anything.

You want to be playing your best in December and hopefully it'll carry over into January.

I consider myself a leader of this football team, along with a lot of other guys.

I don't like to sit still.

It's time for me to step up and take control. That's what I've always been used to.

Anybody who has watched me play knows I'm not one of the fastest guys, but I understand what's going on around me and what to look for. I know what the defense is doing.

I grew up on the game.

I have the responsibility to work hard and get ready so we can take this team where we need to go.

I'm getting better every day.

I'm out there having as good a time as I did in the backyard since I was five-years-old.

I've already developed trust in my teammates -as a player and as a person.

I've been calling plays in the huddle since I was seven.

What I can control and all I know as of today, I am signed up for one more year...I guess things could change, but with all the uncertainty in many aspects, I don't see (his decision not to sign an extension) changing before camp gets here, and when camp gets here I'm even more certain to play it out.

What we've established (in San Diego) with my growing family is hard to re-create. It's hard to up and re-create that. I know that moves are part of life. But that certainty is fair to say that (not being sold on moving to Los Angeles) is part of it. The good thing is I'm not under contract in a year where we'd potentially be in Los Angeles.

I'm excited about the opportunity to get out there and show not only what I can do but, more importantly, what this team can do with me in there.