Giants fans finally got to meet their new head coach Joe Judge on Thursday and it didn’t take long for them to realize they have a very serious FOOTBALL GUY on their hands. If the ill-fitting suit wasn’t a dead giveaway, his opening remarks were.
Judge had hit every tough football guy cliche in the book by the time he was done with his opening statement. You better believe the Giants are going to play hard. You know the players are going to be held accountable and always put the team first. And, damn right, they’re going to make the city of New York proud.
It’s as if Judge did a Google search for motivational football quotes. To show just how cliched his opening remarks were, we’ve put together this list of quotes. Some of them are straight from Judge’s mouth. Others are quotes said by other football coaches. And the rest … well, we just made all of those up.
Let’s see if you can tell the difference? The answers are on the next page.
- “You fail all of the time. But you aren’t a failure until you start blaming someone else.”
- “We will play every play like it has a history and a life of its own”
- “Coaching is not how much you know. It’s how much you can get players to do.”
- “We’ll fight them until hell freezes over. Then we’ll fight them on the ice.”
- “The only culture we’re gonna have in that building, period, is a winning culture.”
- “We’re going to win and we’re going to win hard.”
- “Holy crap, I can’t believe they actually hired me.”
- “We’ll punch you in the nose for 60 minutes.”
- “I was always uncomfortable with the title “special teams coach.” There was nothing special about what we did. We just played football.”
- “The RPO is the purest form of communism.”
- “We’re not going to play small, I’ll tell you that. We’re going to live up to the name of this great franchise. We’re going to play like Giants.”
- “I wake up wanting to establish the run, and I don’t sleep until I do.”
- “It’s a contact sport. You can’t get around that. It’s for tough people.”
- “I’m not big on stats and things you can calculate in a spreadsheet. Keep your computers; the only place we’re going to excel is on the football field.”
- “You’re sick, in a bit of pain, discomfort, you’re upset, you’re mad? You put all that aside. You come in, you put the team first.”
- “You won’t believe how many hoagies I can fit in these pockets.”
- “If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven’t done anything today.”
- “What I’m about is an old school, physical mentality.”
- “Ask me that again and I’ll punch you square in the face, reporter boy.”
- “If the Giants win on the scoreboard of life, the football scoreboard will take care of itself.”
Head to the next page for the answer key…
Answer Key:
- “You fail all of the time. But you aren’t a failure until you start blaming someone else.” (Real but not Joe Judge)
- “We will play every play like it has a history and a life of its own” (Joe Judge)
- “Coaching is not how much you know. It’s how much you can get players to do.” (Real but not Joe Judge)
- “We’ll fight them until hell freezes over, then we’ll fight them on the ice.” (Joe Judge)
- “The only culture we’re gonna have in that building, period, is a winning culture.” (Joe Judge)
- “We’re going to win and we’re going to win hard.” (Made up)
- “Holy crap, I can’t believe they actually hired me.” (Made up)
- “We’ll punch you in the nose for 60 minutes.” (Joe Judge)
- “I was always uncomfortable with the title special teams coach. There was nothing special about what we did. We just played football.” (Made up)
- “The RPO is the purest form of communism.” (Real but not Joe Judge)
- “We’re not going to play small, I’ll tell you that. We’re going to live up to the name of this great franchise. We’re going to play like Giants.” (Made up)
- “I wake up wanting to establish the run.” (Made up)
- “It’s a contact sport. You can’t get around that. It’s for tough people.” (Joe Judge)
- “I’m not big on stats and things you can calculate in a spreadsheet. Keep your computers, we’re going to excel on the football field.” (Made up)
- “You’re sick, in a bit of pain, discomfort, you’re upset, you’re mad? You put all that aside. you come in, you put the team first.” (Joe Judge)
- “You won’t believe how many hoagies I can fit in these pockets.” (Made up)
- “If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven’t done anything today.” (Real but not Joe Judge)
- “What I’m about is an old school, physical mentality.” (Joe Judge)
- “Ask me that again, and I’ll punch you square in the face, reporter boy.” (Made up)
- “If the Giants win on the scoreboard of life, the football scoreboard will take care of itself.” (Made up)
How well did you do?
