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Football is a vocation and an opportunity for ministry. But it's not a life.

Tony Dungy

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Tony Dungy
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: October 6
American Football Player
Basketball Player
Football Player
Jackson
Michigan
Anthony Kevin Dungy
Opportunity
Life
Vocation
Ministry
Nfl
Leadership
Football

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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.
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Remember that mentor leadership is all about serving.
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Anyone who's a parent dreads that call in the middle of the night. I have four grown children and I still dread it.
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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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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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Stubbornness is a virtue if you are right.
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The best solution for falling just short of the goal is to focus on the fundamentals but perform them better.
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Don't shed any tears for me. I got to live a dream most people don't get to live.
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If someone needs help, I can offer advice. I'm not always right and people don't always listen.
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I learned it doesn't matter how you win. You play to your team's strength.
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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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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?
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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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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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What you do is not as important as how you do it.
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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.
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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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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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False modesty is an attempt to tear yourself down. True humility focuses more on build up others.
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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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