Tony Dungy Quotes - Page 3

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

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.

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

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.

Sometimes I think God wants there to be a circus so we can show there's another way to respond.

I wouldn’t have taken him. Not because I don’t believe Michael Sam should have a chance to play, but I wouldn’t want to deal with all of it. It’s not going to be totally smooth things will happen.

We are all important, but we are not indispensable.

Winning would create greater potential for change than talk alone.

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.

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

And as a football coach in the National Football League, I know for sure that it's going to end someday.

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

I realized that I needed to be more like the shepherd than the hired hand in protecting my team.

Anyone who's a parent dreads that call in the middle of the night. I have four grown children and I still dread it.

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

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

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

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

When things get difficult it can be easy to complain. How you respond makes all the difference

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.

Don't worry about your platform; focus on your impact.

(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.

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

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