Top 194 Quotes & Sayings by Tony Dungy - Page 2

I just don't think you pass on a great quarterback if you have the opportunity. If need be, you can trade it away.

As big a deal as the Super Bowl is, it's not the most important thing going on in the planet.

We have a number of difficulties facing our nation, but I believe fatherlessness is right at the top of the list.

I learned from Chuck Noll in Pittsburgh that speed and explosiveness on defense is the way to build a team. Both are difficult for your opponent to assimilate in practice and then in games it is even harder to match.

When Jim Irsay called me five years ago, he told me, 'I want you to be our coach and help us win the Super Bowl.' He told me, 'We are going win it the right way. We are going to win it with great guys; win it with class and dignity. We are going to win it in a way that will make Indianapolis proud.'

Lovie Smith and I are not only the first two African-Americans but Christian coaches showing that you can win doing it the Lord's way and we're more proud of that.

I was with All Pro Dad, and I was coaching. People recognized me as a coach. They might see my face and say, 'What's going on there, is that something with the Colts or the Buccaneers?' Then they realize, 'This is something with my kids; let me explore.' So I think that helped, that name recognition.

The best leaders are following Christ. That's the best leader you can follow.

People have to understand how important it is for kids to be nurtured by their mom and dad and get the great role modeling when they are young.

You're born with some things inside you that will allow you to lead, but I think you have to take the bull by the horns. You have to want that leadership position, and then there are things you can do to develop that.

That's the key to defending any quarterback: to make them throw before they want to throw.

For some reason the football coach of a major college program is seen as one of the leaders of the campus. And some way we have to let our young people know that that leader can look like anyone.

To win those big games you're going to have to complete some third-down passes, you're going to have to be able to get some explosive games in the passing game.

You can have an impact anywhere you are.

I am a firm believer that the Lord sometimes has to short-circuit even our best plans for our benefit.

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.

We often can't see what God is doing in our lives, but God sees the whole picture and His plan for us clearly.

We are all role models to someone in this world, and we can all have an impact - for good.

It's the journey that matters. Learning is more important than the test. Practice well, and the games will take care of themselves.

God’s definition of success is really one of significance-the significant difference our lives can make in the lives of others. The significance doesn’t show up in won-loss records, long resumes, or the trophies gathering dust on our mantels. It’s found in the hearts and lives of those we’ve come across who are in some way better because of the way we lived.

I love coaching football, and winning a Super Bowl was a goal I've had for a long time. But it has never been my purpose in life. My purpose in life is simply to glorify God. We have to be careful that we don't let the pursuit of our life's goals, no matter how important they seem, cause us to lose sight of our purpose. I coach football. But the good I can do to glorify God along the way is my real purpose.

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.

Stubbornness is a virtue if you are right.

Winning would create greater potential for change than talk alone.

I need to treat everybody fairly, but fair doesn't always mean equal.

Courage is the ability to do the right thing, all the time, no matter how painful or uncomfortable it might be.

Long-term success requires faith-faith that your efforts to plan and execute the process will lead to the desired outcome.

Everybody needs encouragement, even when things are going well.

You don't win on emotion. You win on execution.

If we have trouble hearing Him, He will faithfully work in our lives until we are pointed in the direction He wants us to go.

If we do what we do without panicking, we can accomplish great things.

Be successful not just in what you do, but in who you are.

How you use the opportunities your given to affect the world around you will determine the legacy you leave behind.

Engage, educate, equip, encourage, empower, energize, and elevate. Those are the methods for maximizing the potential of any individual, team, organization, or institution for ultimate success and significance. Those are the methods of a mentor leader.

Integrity doesn't come in degrees: low, medium, or high. You either have integrity or you don't.

Your life has been intentionally designed by God to have a uniquely significant and eternal impact on the world around you.

Be a pro. • Act like a champion. • Respond to adversity; don’t react. • Be on time. Being late means either it’s not important to you or you can’t be relied upon. • Execute. Do what you’re supposed to do when you’re supposed to do it. Not almost. All the way. Not most of the time. All of the time. • Take ownership. Whatever it takes. No excuses, no explanations.

Nothing does more to lubricate the rough spots than a good dose of encouragement.

If you're a leader, people's lives should be better because of the influence you've had along the way.

DON'T FEAR FAILURE. Fear being successful at things that don't matter

A good leader gets people to follow him because they want to, not because he makes them.

Life is challenging. I wish I could tell you that you’ll always be on top of the mountain, but the reality is that there are days when nothing will go right, when not only will you not be on top, you may not even be able to figure out which way is up. Do yourself a favor, and don’t make it any harder than it has to be. In those moments, be careful how you speak to yourself; be careful how you think of yourself; be careful how you conduct yourself; be careful how you develop yourself.

I wouldn’t have taken him. Not because I don’t believe Michael Sam should have a chance to play, but I wouldn’t want to deal with all of it. It’s not going to be totally smooth things will happen.

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).

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?

God's definition of success is really one of the significant differences our lives can make in the lives of others.

Integrity, the choice between what's convenient and what's right.

Part of our purpose in life is to build a legacy – a consistent pattern of building into the lives of others.

If you want to make a difference in the lives of the people you lead, you must be willing to walk alongside them, to lift and encourage them, to share moments of understanding with them, and to spend time with them, not just shout down at them from on high.

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.

The first step toward creating an improved future is developing the ability to envision it. VISION will ignite the fire of passion that fuels our commitment to do WHATEVER IT TAKES to achieve excellence. Only VISION allows us to transform dreams of greatness into the reality of achievement through human action. VISION has no boundaries and knows no limits. Our VISION is what we become in life.

If we lose sight of people, we lose sight of the very purpose of leadership.

Others first. Whatever your corporate mission, paint a clear and compelling picture that others can understand and embrace. State your mission in terms that appeal to your team's best instincts. Persuade and empower as if you are leading and mentoring volunteers.

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.

He's probably the hardest-working guy I've been around who has great ability. Overachievers work hard because they have to. Peyton has rare talent, but chooses to push himself like he doesn't.

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.

Character is the glue that bonds solid and meaningful relationships

You can’t always control circumstances. However, you can always control your attitude, approach, and response.

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?

Things will go wrong at times. You can't always control your attitude, approach, and response. You options are to complain or to look ahead and figure out how to make the situation better