Tony Dungy Quotes about Football - Page 2

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

Gay marriage and who should be on a football team have nothing to do with each other.

We only wanted to pay significant sums to keep truly special players.

At the end of the day, the only people a One Voice doctrine silences are those who should be the most loyal.

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

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.

I hired top-notch people, trusted them to do their jobs, and then came to grips with the fact that I wouldn't be coaching as much.

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

I learned it doesn't matter how you win. You play to your team's strength.