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Things will go wrong at times. You can't always control your attitude, approach, and response. You options are to complain or to look ahead and figure out how to make the situation better

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Tony Dungy
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: October 6
American Football Player
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Anthony Kevin Dungy
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