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Remember that mentor leadership is all about serving. Jesus said, “For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many” (Mark 10:45).

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Tony Dungy
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: October 6
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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.
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Integrity, the choice between what's convenient and what's right.
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It's easy to lose sight of the ultimate goal when you're in the trenches.
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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.
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I realized that I needed to be more like the shepherd than the hired hand in protecting my team.
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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.
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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.
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(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.
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It's about the journey--mine and yours--and the lives we can touch, the legacy we can leave, and the world we can change for the better.
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Long-term success requires faith-faith that your efforts to plan and execute the process will lead to the desired outcome.
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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.
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We often can't see what God is doing in our lives, but God sees the whole picture and His plan for us clearly.
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I'm probably going to be an Indianapolis fan.
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DON'T FEAR FAILURE. Fear being successful at things that don't matter
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I just don't think you pass on a great quarterback if you have the opportunity. If need be, you can trade it away.
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We talked about some of our experiences, focusing, hanging together down the stretch, important games. It's not necessarily who has the most talent but what team sticks together and executes their fundamentals the best.
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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.
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