Tony Dungy Quotes about Leadership

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

It's the journey that matters. Learning is more important than the test. Practice well, and the games will take care of themselves.

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

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

If you're a leader, people's lives should be better because of the influence you've had along the way.

What's important is not the uniform or the number, and it's not what team you play for or whether anyone else sees your value; it's who you are on the inside. And when you're in Christ, that's never going to change.

I need to treat everybody fairly, but fair doesn't always mean equal.

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

Winning would create greater potential for change than talk alone.

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.

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.

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.

(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.

Keeping ridiculous hours doesn't mean you'll be successful.

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

We wanted guys who had been productive in college, and we made it a point to pick performance over potential.

There are certain bridges that are not worth crossing, no matter what others think. Loyalty and relationships are important.

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.

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

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.