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

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Tony Dungy
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: October 6
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Anthony Kevin Dungy
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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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If we lose sight of people, we lose sight of the very purpose of leadership.
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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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Everything's not going to go perfect. You're going to have some losses that you're going to have to bounce back from and some things that are a little unforeseen that you're going to have to deal with.
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Part of our purpose in life is to build a legacy – a consistent pattern of building into the lives of others.
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Chuck Noll knew how he could help people. He was a teacher. He was a guy that was very good at selecting people, getting them to fit in. He wasn't the guy that was going to sit there and motivate you, intrinsically. That wasn't what he was best at. So he hired people that were good at that.
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I hired top-notch people, trusted them to do their jobs, and then came to grips with the fact that I wouldn't be coaching as much.
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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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I am a firm believer that the Lord sometimes has to short-circuit even our best plans for our benefit.
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Winning would create greater potential for change than talk alone.
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The truth is that most people have a better chance to be uncommon by effort than by natural gifts. Anyone could give that effort in his or her chosen endeavor, but the typical person doesn't, choosing to do only enough to get by.
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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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Change isn't always bad we should always be learning and improving. But the change I was seeing involved principles, not procedures.
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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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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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First, there is no typical grief cycle, and second, it's not something I went through. I'm still grieving.
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False modesty is an attempt to tear yourself down. True humility focuses more on build up others.
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Keeping ridiculous hours doesn't mean you'll be successful.
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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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