Tony Dungy Quotes

You can have an impact anywhere you are.

Everybody needs encouragement, even when things are going well.

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

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

Remember that mentor leadership is all about serving.

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 could never have pictured myself writing a book when I was 25 years old. My mom was an English teacher but I wasn't that way growing up.

Stubbornness is a virtue if you are right.

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

I talk to our players about life and situations and doing the right thing all the time.

No excuses. No explanations.

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

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

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

You have gifts, abilities, and dreams no one else has.

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.

It's just really making sure I am doing the best job I can do as a dad. I do think that is my No. 1 job.

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

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.

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

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

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

When it's over, it's over is part of football's greatest appeal to me. When a game ends, win or lose, it's time to prepare for the next one.

It's easy to lose sight of the ultimate goal when you're in the trenches.

But I know I have a son who doesn't listen to anything I say and if he hears the same thing from someone else, sometimes it has a little more impact.

I was not asked whether I would have a problem having Michael Sam on my team. I would not.

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.

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

I've always tried to coach people the way I would like to be coached; positively and encouragingly rather than with criticism and fear ... I've tried to be as fair as possible.

If you're just saying, hey, I'm doing this. I'm working to make money. I'm working to increase my status. If that's all there is, I think you will find out that it's meaningless.

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.

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

What you do is not as important as how you do it.

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

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.

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

I enjoy talking to young people, and talking to people about helping young people. That part is not a chore. It's pretty fun, and something I like to do because I think it's important.

When you're in a situation, you can complain about it, you can feel sorry for yourself, you can do a lot of things. But how are you gonna make the situation better?

We are all important, but we are not indispensable.

I just think winners win. And guys who won all the way through high school and college, the best player at every level, they have a way of making things happen and winning games.

The fundamental keys to the culture of any organization can only be achieved when everyone is on the same page.

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.

Avoidance doesn’t solve anything; it merely serves as a temporary salve.

I'm probably going to be an Indianapolis fan.

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