Tony Dungy Quotes

Everybody needs encouragement, even when things are going well.

As a father of seven kids, and been a kid myself at one point, I realize you don't always make the best decisions every time out. And life is a learning experience.

The secret to success is good leadership, and good leadership is all about making the lives of your team members or workers better.

I guess I'm flattered that people think I can help get things done.

We believed it was not our formations that made us good, but rather how we played.

I think I've got a responsibility to be home a little bit more, be available to my family a little bit more and do some things to help make our country better. I don't know what that is right now, but we'll see.

When I was younger I only read sports books. I loved the biographies that told how athletes developed. When I got into coaching, I did start to read more instructional books, but I was always more interested in the people behind the ideas.

I enjoy watching football on TV. Many times I can visualize the whole field, even on the TV screen, because I still know enough about what the teams are doing.

And if God has given you a lot of ability, I believe you should be held to a higher level of expectation.

I'm probably going to be an Indianapolis fan.

Hard work and togetherness. They go hand in hand. You need the hard work because it's such a tough atmosphere... to win week in and week out. You need togetherness because you don't always win, and you gotta hang though together.

At some point in life's journey, professionally and personally, we have to be able to trust our preparation.

The best solution for falling just short of the goal is to focus on the fundamentals but perform them better.

You need togetherness because you don't always win, and you have got to hang though together

That's the difference between the NCAA and the NFL right now. They've got to step up and say, 'We're going to do the right thing. We're going to hire qualified people. We're going to hire the best man for the job regardless of what boosters or anyone else has to say.'

Once we had become locked in on a schedule, he (Coach Denny Green) often created a disruption (artificial adversity) to that schedule just to see how guys would respond.

I needed to do my current job well, keep preparing, and wait on God's timing. I needed to trust His leadership rather than try to force an outcome I wanted.

The regular season games are much more intense. And also, I believe that in 16 games, some teams separate themselves. The good teams separate themselves from the not-so-good teams. The longer the season is, the bigger that separation will get.

I was able to look at football as something that God was allowing me to do, not something that should define me. I couldn't take my identity from this sport.

There's a difference between making incremental improvements and making sweeping changes that take you away from your core values.

Your life has been intentionally designed by God to have a uniquely significant and eternal impact on the world around you.

You don't win on emotion. You win on execution.

For some reason the football coach of a major college program is seen as one of the leaders of the campus. And some way we have to let our young people know that that leader can look like anyone.

Nothing is more deflating to morale than to have a poor outcome pinned on someone who doesn't deserve it. It lacks integrity and overvalues the outcome at the expense of the people as well as the process.

I can't very well preach unity and tell the guys we're all in this together and everyone's important, then cut a guy because we might improve by one percent if we bring in someone else.

I found that while life drags on when you're losing, it marches on when you're winning.

I think there are times when I believe God welcomes the circus into our lives to give us an opportunity to show that there’s another way to live and respond to things.

I have yet to hear God's audible voice, although I have often felt led by God in more subtle ways.

Courage is the ability to do the right thing, all the time, no matter how painful or uncomfortable it might be.

You can have an impact anywhere you are.

The game has changed since the '70s as more coaches have looked at ways to make it tougher on defenses. But I'm glad my career turned out the way it did - I would have never gotten a chance to learn the defensive side of the ball.

We spent our whole married life in the ultra-competitive world of professional football, Lauren and I had always tried to view it through God's eyes. As much fun as it was to be winning, we tried not to get caught up in it. We knew that our family life and our faith walk were more important.

When I was young, I didn't like to read. I would have much rather been outside doing something than been inside reading about it.

They were unwillingly to give 100 percent if they didn't personally think it was important. What you don't understand is the champions know it's all important.

We have a number of difficulties facing our nation, but I believe fatherlessness is right at the top of the list.

Winning would create greater potential for change than talk alone.