Giants: What I Learned About Life from Vince Lombardi and Tom Landry
One the greatest NFL broadcasters distills the wisdom of two of the greatest coaches
As both a tight end and a place kicker for the 1958 Giants (back when special teams were part of the defense), Pat Summerall was the only person to be coached by both Vince Lombardi and Tom Landry, the team's offensive and defensive coaches, respectively. In telling the story of that legendary season, which ended with the Giants losing to the Colts in the NFL championship game, Summerall explores the wisdom that was passed along to him that made him a better player, and later a better broadcaster and better a man.
- The wide range of lessons covers personal behavior (react like a football player; training doesn't end in training camp; don't dwell on your success), work relationships (the boss keeps time, they can get somebody who wants to play) and winning (believe in your heart that you'll win, try to win every game, but focus on one game at a time)
- The book also lays out the Lombardi Code (Speak Confidently, and Prepare) and the Landry Code (Faith, Family and Football)
- Summerall tells vivid and inspirational stories about the game on and off the field that
Book details
- Author
- Pat Summerall
- Imprint
- Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 256
- Formats
- Hardcover
- Subjects
- Sports & Recreation › Football
- Topics
- NFL history · football coaching · New York Giants · sports memoir · life lessons · sports broadcasting
- ISBN-13
- 9780470611593
About the author
PAT SUMMERALL was an American professional football player and television sportscaster who called more than sixteen Super Bowls, more than twenty Masters golf tournaments, and more than twenty U.S. Open tennis tournaments over nearly four decades at CBS. He is the author of Summerall: On and Off the Air.
Summerall was inducted into the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2010. His broadcasting partnership with John Madden, from 1981 to 2002, became one of the most celebrated in sports broadcasting history.
Summerall spent ten years in the NFL as a placekicker, primarily with the Detroit Lions, Chicago Cardinals, and New York Giants, and was the only person coached by both Vince Lombardi and Tom Landry. He began his broadcasting career at CBS in 1964.
Summerall died on April 16, 2013, of cardiac arrest in Dallas, Texas, at age 82.
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