Rex Ryan Introductory Press Conference, March 2nd, 2008 - The Meadowlands, New Jersey
Good morning, everyone, thank you for being here. January 25th, 1987. January 27th, 1991. The days the New York Giants showed the world who the premier team in this league was. In my opinion, every team has one of these days. These days are the days that define what a franchise is. As the new head coach of the New York Giants, those days are defining, as they show that this is an excellent, premier team, and should think of themselves as nothing less. To any fan out their, they may have their own day. Maybe it when we beat the 'Skins, or the 'Boys, or the Eagles. As the Head Coach of this team, I want every day, every Sunday, Monday, Thursday that we play, to be a special, cherished day for this franchise.
It's truly an honor to be standing here, and I'm incredibly honored to become this team's head coach. I would like to thank John, Mara, any Giants fan or supporter, just for believing in me and this team. Without you, there would be team. In a way, I think as the fans of this team as my employers. And to my employers, I promise you this: a team you will continue to believe in the way you do. As coach of this team, it will be my goal to make sure this team wins games, to make sure this team wins titles, to make this team even more respected and respectable than we already are. However, we must work harder than ever before to return this team to Titletown. Excuse the pun, but we must flip up the playbook, get our players to their best ability to play the game, make the experience for the fans so that you are all happy. We must stick it to our rivals, make every defender be afraid to stop us from getting the ball into their end zone, we must make every offense fear even trying to move the pigskin. We're the Giants for a reason. We must act like the Giants of this league, we must dominate every down of football our guys play. Because that makes us this great team we are.