Colts QB Philip Rivers said Doc Rivers' "presence and ability to engage was felt and was awesome"NBAE/GETTY IMAGES
Clippers coach DOC RIVERS' stories from 13 years as an NBA player and 21 as a coach "have been heard by hundreds across the NFL during virtual meetings," according to Andrew Greif of the L.A. TIMES. Bears coach MATT NAGY said of Rivers, "I've heard a lot of people talk to groups and Doc, to me, not to take anything away from anybody else, but that was one of the most powerful hour-and-15-minute discussions that I had selfishly for myself and we had as a team." Colts QB PHILIP RIVERS in an email said, "Even in a Zoom meeting, his presence and ability to engage was felt and was awesome." Doc Rivers said that his success "owes largely to two decades of doing exactly what the Rams, Colts and Bears did with him -- seeking out others he admires in hopes of gleaning a valuable insight." Rivers: "Once you start coaching then life is your canvas. If you ever came to my house, I have a notepad by my bed. I have a notepad by the couch. I have a notepad on the kitchen countertop. I have a notepad in the movie room. I have a notepad in the bathroom, with my red and black pen and my blue paper. I just do because you never know when a thought's going to come to you." More Rivers: "It's just a job that you can never know enough. There's always a different way" (L.A. TIMES, 5/30).
