A Team to Believe In: Our Journey to the Super Bowl Championship
by Tom Coughlin, Brian Curtis
List Price:
Our Price: $10.70
You Save: $14.30 (57%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $9.45 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: Brian Curtis, Tom CoughlinEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-09-02
ISBN: 0345511735
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Book Reviews of A Team to Believe In: Our Journey to the Super Bowl Championship
Book Review: Great sports book
Summary: 5 Stars
Rather than get the DVDs, I decided to get this book for my wife (we're both Giants fans, but she bleeds blue). She couldn't put it down. I started reading it as well and it's great to get Tom's perspective on the ins and outs of an NFL season. Things that you don't see when you're watching the game. I recommend this to all Giants fans who want to relive the magical Superbowl XLII run.
Summary of A Team to Believe In: Our Journey to the Super Bowl Championship
After a tough 2006 season, the New York Giants appeared to be heading for more disappointment-and potential shake-ups-in the coming season. Instead, they fought their way to an unforgettable Super Bowl finish against the previously undefeated New England Patriots.In A Team to Believe In, head coach Tom Coughlin gives the ultimate insider's account of the Giants' 2007 campaign and reflects on the resilience and selflessness that allowed the team to succeed. Behind the saga of persistence and on-the-field triumphs, however, is the story of how Coughlin, a proud and intensely private man, often mischaracterized by the press as a strict disciplinarian, has continually made subtle adjustments to his approach to the game and to the new players. Whether giving the right speech for the right occasion, drawing media criticism away from his players, or fostering team unity with offbeat events and smartly timed relaxed curfews, Coughlin approached the season willing to make the necessary changes to his management style-and the team followed.
In gripping detail, Coughlin takes us on the Giants improbable 2007 journey: the tough staffing and free-agency decisions; the early-season setbacks that again placed the team in the media's crosshairs; late-season near misses, comeback victories, and goal-line stands; the play-off march through Tampa Bay and Dallas and the overtime victory against Green Bay in the subzero cold of Lambeau Field; and the amazing two weeks that ended with Super Bowl XLII. Along the way, Coughlin explains what life experiences prepared him for the season's challenges and what lessons helped his team achieve a string of improbable victories.
The 2007 New York Giants are an inspiring example of team and trust, hope and perseverance, and A Team to Believe In is the thrilling story of their astounding underdog season.
General Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Audiobooks on Cassette
- Audiobooks on CD
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- e-Books
- Engineering
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Medicine
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in General Books
Woodrow Wilson and the Roots of Modern Liberalism (American Intellectual Culture)by Ronald J. Pestritto
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.; Published: 2005-01-28; Paperback; Book
Best price: $30.46
Price in other shops:
Same Kind of Different As Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Togetherby Ron Hall, Denver Moore
Thomas Nelson; Published: 2008-03-11; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.76
Price in other shops:
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritanceby Barack Obama
Three Rivers Press; Published: 2004-08-10; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.07
Price in other shops:
My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Standsby Chelsea Handler
Bloomsbury USA; Published: 2005-06-06; Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.04
Price in other shops:
Mommywoodby Tori Spelling
Simon Spotlight Entertainment; Published: 2009-04-14; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $12.99
Price in other shops:
The Girls from Ames: A Story of Women and a Forty-Year Friendshipby Jeffrey Zaslow
Gotham; Published: 2009-04-21; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $15.60
Price in other shops:
The Real George Washington (American Classic Series)by Jay A. Parry
National Center for Constitutional Studies; Published: 1991-12-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $15.97
Price in other shops:
A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanityby Bill O'Reilly
Broadway; Published: 2008-09-23; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $12.90
Price in other shops:
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations . . . One School at a Timeby Greg Mortenson
Viking; Viking; Release date: 2007-03-22; Published: 2007-03-22; Kindle Edition; eBooks
Best price: $8.55
Price in other shops:
Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimistby Michael J. Fox
Hyperion; Published: 2009-03-31; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $13.00
Price in other shops:
Similar Books and other products
Rough & Tumble: A Novelby Mark Bavaro
St. Martin's Press; Published: 2008-09-02; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $7.77
Price in other shops:
NFL Super Bowl XLII - New York Giants Championship DVDTeam Marketing; Release date: 2008-02-26; DVD
Best price: $9.82
Price in other shops:
Sports Illustrated Presents The Giants: A Season to Belive - Commemorative Issue Deluxe Editionby Editors of Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated; Published: 2008-03-03; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $10.45
Price in other shops:
The Yankee Yearsby Joe Torre, Tom Verducci
Doubleday; Published: 2009-02-03; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $13.57
Price in other shops:
Inside the Helmet: Hard Knocks, Pulling Together, and Triumph as a Sunday Afternoon Warriorby Michael Strahan, Jay Glazer
Gotham; Published: 2008-06-25; Paperback; Book
Best price: $0.01
Price in other shops:
The GM: A Football life, a Final Season, and a Last Laughby Tom Callahan
Three Rivers Press; Published: 2008-09-09; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.75
Price in other shops:
Giant: The Road to the Super Bowlby Plaxico Burress, Jason Cole
HarperEntertainment; Published: 2008-07-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $4.79
Price in other shops:
NFL- New York Giants - The Road to Super Bowl XLIIFansEdge; Release date: 2008-06-03; DVD
Best price: $24.63
Price in other shops:
More Than Just The Catch: A true story of courage, hope, and achieving the impossibleby David Tyree with Kimberly Daniels
Excel Books; Published: 2008-09-02; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $11.52
Price in other shops:
Eli Manning: The Making of a Quarterbackby Ralph Vacchiano
Skyhorse Publishing; Published: 2008-09-03; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $14.71
Price in other shops: