Tony Dungy Quotes

Stubbornness is a virtue if you are right.

I talk to our players about life and situations and doing the right thing all the time.

Everything's not going to go perfect. You're going to have some losses that you're going to have to bounce back from and some things that are a little unforeseen that you're going to have to deal with.

Change isn't always bad; we should always be learning and improving. But the change I was seeing involved principles, not procedures.

A good leader gets people to follow him because they want to, not because he makes them.

No excuses. No explanations.

People look at me and see a calm, cool guy on the sidelines and I want them to know that my Christian faith affects my coaching and everything I do.

I always liked to be fairly simple because you could get more players ready to play quickly. If you lose players to free agency, injuries, etc., it is easier to get young players ready to play in a less complex system.

The fundamental keys to the culture of any organization can only be achieved when everyone is on the same page.

God's definition of success is really one of the significant differences our lives can make in the lives of others.

We are all role models to someone in this world, and we can all have an impact - for good.

God allows us to feel pain for a reason: to protect us.

Football is a vocation and an opportunity for ministry. But it's not a life.

If we have trouble hearing Him, He will faithfully work in our lives until we are pointed in the direction He wants us to go.

Once a player joins our team, our priority is to teach him, not worry about the player we didn't select.

False modesty is an attempt to tear yourself down. True humility focuses more on build up others.

We talked about some of our experiences, focusing, hanging together down the stretch, important games. It's not necessarily who has the most talent but what team sticks together and executes their fundamentals the best.

Others first. Whatever your corporate mission, paint a clear and compelling picture that others can understand and embrace. State your mission in terms that appeal to your team's best instincts. Persuade and empower as if you are leading and mentoring volunteers.

If you're just saying, hey, I'm doing this. I'm working to make money. I'm working to increase my status. If that's all there is, I think you will find out that it's meaningless.

I had 10 to 12 close buddies who I played ball with all the way from elementary to high school. That is where I learned to compete.

Long-term success requires faith-faith that your efforts to plan and execute the process will lead to the desired outcome.

I do not think being a coordinator is a requirement, but it does give you some advantages. You get used to working with half the team and you go through the game-planning and decision-making processes.

If you want to be an athlete, then getting good grades, going to college, and developing your intellectual skills are important.

What's important is not the accolades and memories of success but the way you respond when opportunities are denied.

Michael Vick is a work in progress. I think he really is wanting to do the right thing. I think the Philadelphia Eagles have been a great organization for him. He's had some ups and downs. He still has to learn to not put himself in, maybe bad situations, in terms of personal life and friends, and that kind of thing. But all in all, I think he's growing every day.

The first step toward creating an improved future is developing the ability to envision it.

I said all along that God is in control.

But there's no substitute for a full-time dad. Dads who are fully engaged with their kids overwhelmingly tend to produce children who believe in themselves and live full lives.

You can’t always control circumstances. However, you can always control your attitude, approach, and response.

We often can't see what God is doing in our lives, but God sees the whole picture and His plan for us clearly.

There are weaknesses that you have to understand and it takes a lot of discipline for the players to be able to play it effectively and have confidence in what they're doing.

Nothing does more to lubricate the rough spots than a good dose of encouragement.

Integrity, the choice between what's convenient and what's right.

We are all important, but we are not indispensable.

Pain prompts us to change behavior that is destructive to ourselves or to others. Pain can be a highly effective instructor.

There are two schools of thought. You can be basic and spend all your time on what your opponents are going to do. Or, you can be very multiple and complex, put a lot of doubt in your opponents' minds and create problems for them with the volume of things you do.

First, there is no typical grief cycle, and second, it's not something I went through. I'm still grieving.

How you use the opportunities your given to affect the world around you will determine the legacy you leave behind.

(Offensive Coach) Paul Hackett realized that Joe Montana knew more about the offense than he did, but when the meeting was over, Paul saw that Joe had taken three pages of notes. He documented exactly how Paul wanted to run the play, as well as all of the basics of it and its details. That's what a professional does.

Who really benefits from discouragement? More often than not, encouragement is exactly what is needed.

If we do what we do without panicking, we can accomplish great things.

I would want America to know our kids need us. Spend as much time with your kids as you can. Enjoy them. Be with them. Hug your children; You never know when it will be the last time.

Things will go wrong at times. You can't always control your attitude, approach, and response. You options are to complain or to look ahead and figure out how to make the situation better

I am a firm believer that the Lord sometimes has to short-circuit even our best plans for our benefit.

Character is the glue that bonds solid and meaningful relationships

If I can't get the captains to respond appropriately and show the leadership I expect, how is anyone else going to respond?

We have a whole generation of men who don't understand how much they mean to their kids.

Remember that mentor leadership is all about serving. Jesus said, “For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many” (Mark 10:45).