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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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Tony Dungy
Age: 68
Born: 1955
Born: October 6
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Anthony Kevin Dungy
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Nothing does more to lubricate the rough spots than a good dose of encouragement.
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But there's no substitute for a full-time dad. Dads who are fully engaged with their kids overwhelmingly tend to produce children who believe in themselves and live full lives.
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I was not asked whether I would have a problem having Michael Sam on my team. I would not.
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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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Don't shed any tears for me. I got to live a dream most people don't get to live.
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We only wanted to pay significant sums to keep truly special players.
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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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You have gifts, abilities, and dreams no one else has.
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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 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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(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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Character is the glue that bonds solid and meaningful relationships
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What's important is not the uniform or the number, and it's not what team you play for or whether anyone else sees your value it's who you are on the inside. And when you're in Christ, that's never going to change.
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Football is a vocation and an opportunity for ministry. But it's not a life.
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There are certain bridges that are not worth crossing, no matter what others think. Loyalty and relationships are important.
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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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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 first thing you have to do is make sure you're still wanted back. I never take that for granted any more.
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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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