The quotes still echo in Hakeem Nicks’ mind, the many wise inspirational statements of Tom Coughlin.
Have steely eyed focus.
You want more, then do more.
Talk is cheap, play the game.
For five seasons, Nicks heard these sayings in all of Coughlin’s meetings, saw them in Coughlin’s video presentations. And when the receiver signed with the Indianapolis Colts last season, he had no intention of forgetting so much wisdom.
“Playing somewhere else, I still kept all his coaching quotes with me. I kept all of that,” Nicks told the Daily News.