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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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Anthony Kevin Dungy
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And as a football coach in the National Football League, I know for sure that it's going to end someday.
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We spent our whole married life in the ultra-competitive world of professional football, Lauren and I had always tried to view it through God's eyes. As much fun as it was to be winning, we tried not to get caught up in it. We knew that our family life and our faith walk were more important.
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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.
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How you use the opportunities your given to affect the world around you will determine the legacy you leave behind.
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Take a moment to think about your answer to this question: Am I prepared to have great success and not get any credit for it?
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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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Our goal was to win, to win a Super Bowl, but also to win in the right way, to be role models to our community, to represent Indianapolis, the state of Indiana and the National Football League.
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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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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.
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I wouldn’t have taken him. Not because I don’t believe Michael Sam should have a chance to play, but I wouldn’t want to deal with all of it. It’s not going to be totally smooth things will happen.
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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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I guess I'm flattered that people think I can help get things done.
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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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What you do is not as important as how you do it.
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What's important is not the accolades and memories of success but the way you respond when opportunities are denied.
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And if God has given you a lot of ability, I believe you should be held to a higher level of expectation.
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Hard work and togetherness. They go hand in hand. You need the hard work because it's such a tough atmosphere... to win week in and week out. You need togetherness because you don't always win, and you gotta hang though together.
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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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When things get difficult it can be easy to complain. How you respond makes all the difference
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If you're a leader, people's lives should be better because of the influence you've had along the way.
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