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. Tony Dungy More Quotes by Tony Dungy More Quotes From Tony Dungy I said all along that God is in control. Tony Dungy god-is-in-control nfl football Who really benefits from discouragement? More often than not, encouragement is exactly what is needed. Tony Dungy benefits moral encouragement Don't shed any tears for me. I got to live a dream most people don't get to live. Tony Dungy tears dream people 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. Tony Dungy opportunity believe thinking I've always talked to players about perception and reality. I don't worry about perception. There may be some of that, that people want to attach to a good name, but the reality is that some good things can happen. Tony Dungy player names reality The biggest thing you need to be successful with it is a quarterback who wants to be involved in the decision-making process and not just merely want to execute plays sent in to him. Tony Dungy decision successful play 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. Tony Dungy agency player simple 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. Tony Dungy doubt two school If you want to be an athlete, then getting good grades, going to college, and developing your intellectual skills are important. Tony Dungy skills athlete college 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. Tony Dungy team games thinking 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. Tony Dungy defense careers games 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. Tony Dungy team fields football You should never be defined by what you do, by the things you have; you've got to define yourself by who you are and who you impact and how you impact people. And that's the thing I try to get across to my players. Tony Dungy yourself never you people Balance provides the chance for longevity. You can be a champion at work and at home. Tony Dungy you champion work home You're born with some things inside you that will allow you to lead, but I think you have to take the bull by the horns. You have to want that leadership position, and then there are things you can do to develop that. Tony Dungy think you born leadership What did you have the potential to do? And if you came close to that, if you maximized that, then you were a success in God's eyes. So many of us do things that the world would say is successful, but we have so much more potential. Tony Dungy eyes you god success I don't have the strength or wisdom to get through a single day without guidance and grace from God. Tony Dungy day strength wisdom god When I played at Minnesota, Green Bay, those northern cities, Buffalo, they wanted to have those championship games at home. It was going to be an advantage to be there with their fans and the cold weather and all that. But when you've got a Super Bowl, and it's the two best teams, you want ideal conditions. You want to play a great game. Tony Dungy best you green home My dad, who was a teacher, used to tell me that a teacher's goal should be for every one of their students to get an A. If that's your goal every day - to make every student or player learn - then it doesn't matter if you won last year or didn't win. When next year's team shows up, I try to help every player become as good as they can be. Tony Dungy day good me teacher The book is actually called 'A Mentor Leader, a Different Way to Lead.' It really talks about my experience in the way I tried lead our football team, things that I learned from, basically, the coaches that I played for and my parents about leadership. And it is a little bit different, counter to maybe what society says about great leaders. Tony Dungy great experience leadership football
