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Success is uncommon and not to be enjoyed by the common man. I'm looking for uncommon people because we want to be successful, not average.

Tony Dungy

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Tony Dungy
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: October 6
American Football Player
Basketball Player
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Anthony Kevin Dungy
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At some point in life's journey, professionally and personally, we have to be able to trust our preparation.
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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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Your life has been intentionally designed by God to have a uniquely significant and eternal impact on the world around you.
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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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Integrity, the choice between what's convenient and what's right.
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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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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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Integrity is what you do when no one is watching its doing the right thing all the time, even when it may work to your disadvantage.
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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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I learned it doesn't matter how you win. You play to your team's strength.
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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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DON'T FEAR FAILURE. Fear being successful at things that don't matter
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What will people remember us for? Are other people’s lives better because we lived? Did we make a difference? Did we use to the fullest the gifts and abilities God gave us? Did we give our best effort, and did we do it for the right reasons?
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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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If we lose sight of people, we lose sight of the very purpose of leadership.
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