Coughlin: “The book came about because as we reflected back; it’s almost 15 years now. In my opinion, this is the greatest Super Bowl Game of all-time and certainly the greatest underdog Super Bowl victory in history.
“Reflecting on that and thinking about the circumstances within our country today — coming off COVID-19, coming into inflation and depression and setbacks. Everyone in our country can relate to when you’re down, when things are not going your way and what choice do you have but to stand up and take it head on. And that’s exactly what this book is about. This book is about everyone who’s been knocked on their rear-end that has never been given a chance or told that they can’t succeed. This book is for all of those. This book is for those who have been challenged to be the best that they can be, to come back from adversity.
“Again, as I said, the greatest thing in the world is when you tell me I can’t do something. That’s the greatest motivation for me. If you look at the ’07 team, for example, I hire Steve Spanuolo as the defensive coordinator and we give up 80 points in the first two games. We’re 0-2 and we go to Washington and it goes on and on and on.
“We’re trying to win it down the stretch and we’re one win away and we get beat at home against Washington with a backup quarterback, so we kept coming back. We kept getting up off the floor. Week 17, we get beat 38-35 but it’s a great game; much different than what’s to come in the Super Bowl.
“In the Super Bowl, we faced the greatest quarterback of all-time, the greatest offensive team in the history of the National Football League, a defense that is ranked 4th in the league and were going head-to-head with the greatest quarterback in the league with Eli Manning (under center for us). All of these things are contributors to why I think this is a great story and the timeliness of this story is most effective in my opinion.”
