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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
Football
Opportunity
Life
Vocation
Ministry
Nfl
Leadership

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Stubbornness is a virtue if you are right.
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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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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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We believed it was not our formations that made us good, but rather how we played.
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When it's over, it's over is part of football's greatest appeal to me. When a game ends, win or lose, it's time to prepare for the next one.
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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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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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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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Integrity doesn't come in degrees: low, medium, or high. You either have integrity or you don't.
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You need togetherness because you don't always win, and you have got to hang though together
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Avoidance doesn’t solve anything it merely serves as a temporary salve.
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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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If someone needs help, I can offer advice. I'm not always right and people don't always listen.
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