Tom Coughlin
Tom Coughlin
Thomas Richard Coughlinis a former American football coach. Coughlin most recently served as the head coach for the New York Giants, a position he served in for 12 seasons, where he led the Giants to victory in Super Bowl XLII and Super Bowl XLVI, both against the New England Patriots. Coughlin was also the inaugural head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars, serving from 1995 to 2002 and leading the team to two AFC Championship Games. Prior to his head coaching...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth31 August 1946
CityWaterloo, NY
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We didn't know what to expect (with Collins) and we were prepared one way or another.
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First and foremost, he's an outstanding athlete. He has to be or else he wouldn't be in this position. He takes great care of himself. He's a competitor by nature. He has a great sense of humor, which I think keeps everything in perspective for him, good or bad. But, to play as long as he has played and to be on the verge of breaking these records is a tremendous accomplishment. For someone to be in a position that he's in and having done this for so many years and continue to be excited about coming to work every day and the opportunities he has is really a remarkable thing.
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There is nothing that has surprised me, because I think I know the player and he's practiced well and performed well in games. He's done a lot of good things and hopefully there are a lot more good things to come.
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We had thrown the interception and didn't think we would ever get the ball back,
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Nothing is ever easy. Obviously we had some big plays tonight, and we needed them.
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We're confident he can perform the responsibilities that we are going to ask him to do, ... Maybe in another month we might add to that.
talk winning
Let's talk about winning. Let's talk about winning first before we talk about anything else,
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Let's talk about winning first before we talk about anything else. We need to win some games. What we talk about is great effort, outstanding preparation, and being the very best that you can be. If you are as good as you can possibly be, the rest of that stuff will take care of itself. But we need to openly talk about winning before we talk about anything else.
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Let's talk about winning first, before we talk about anything else, ... We need to win some games. That's what I talk about. ... We need to openly talk about winning before we talk about anything else.
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Let's get this thing settled so we can make concrete plans about how we're going to move forward. It's not a comfortable feeling for any club. We need this to be settled and we need to move forward as a league. We need to be able to utilize all the abilities that we have in our planning.
question
There's no question he can play a lot better.
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I understand. He takes everything he does to heart. It all bothers him and you want that in a player. You want someone who feels accountable or responsible for the errors they make. But you also need to move ahead to the next play. What he's saying is 61 could have been 95, and we're all trying to get there with him.
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The thoughts that come to mind about that day are deep. They are very personal. They come to mind probably every time we spend time with our son. But it's also a time of deep reflection for what it meant to our country. We'll experience all of those things before Sunday.
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Eli was extremely poised. He knew exactly what he was coming into, he was focused and he didn't let any of the noise or anything bother him. He played well enough. If we'd done some things on defense, he played well enough for us to win.