Tony Dungy Quotes - Page 2

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• 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

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  Attitude, Complaining, Looks

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

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  Believe, Numbers, Lists

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

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  Softball, Sports, Motivation

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

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  Opportunity, Legacy, Use

  Tony Dungy (2010). “The Mentor Leader: Secrets to Building People and Teams That Win Consistently”, p.101, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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

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  Encouragement, Doe, Moral

  Tony Dungy (2010). “The Mentor Leader: Secrets to Building People and Teams That Win Consistently”, p.177, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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

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  Leadership, Football, Nfl

  Tony Dungy (2007). “Quiet Strength: A Memoir”, p.144, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• Character is the glue that bonds solid and meaningful relationships

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  Meaningful, Character, Glue

  Tony Dungy (2010). “The Mentor Leader: Secrets to Building People and Teams That Win Consistently”, p.71, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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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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  Leadership, People, Way

  Tony Dungy (2010). “The Mentor Leader: Secrets to Building People and Teams That Win Consistently”, p.7, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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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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  Long, Effort, Outcomes

  Tony Dungy (2010). “The Mentor Leader: Secrets to Building People and Teams That Win Consistently”, p.82, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• What you do is not as important as how you do it.

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  Important

  Tony Dungy, Nathan Whitaker (2012). “Uncommon Manhood: Secrets to What It Means to Be a Man”, p.13, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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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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  People, Giving, Effort

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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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  Jesus, Son, Men

  Tony Dungy (2010). “The Mentor Leader: Secrets to Building People and Teams That Win Consistently”, p.44, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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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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  Thinking, Credit, Answers

  Tony Dungy (2010). “The Mentor Leader: Secrets to Building People and Teams That Win Consistently”, p.26, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• 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.

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  Football, Real, Winning

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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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  Legacy, Purpose, Patterns

  Tony Dungy (2010). “The Mentor Leader: Secrets to Building People and Teams That Win Consistently”, p.12, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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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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  Leadership, Football, Team

  Tony Dungy (2011). “Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, and Priorities of a Winning Life”, p.268, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• The Lord has a plan. We always think the plans are A, B, C and D, and everything is going to be perfect for us and it may not be that way, but it's still His plan.

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  Thinking, Perfect, May

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

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  Benefits, Sometimes, Short Circuit

  Tony Dungy (2007). “Quiet Strength: A Memoir”, p.111, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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

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  Sight, People, Purpose

  Tony Dungy (2010). “The Mentor Leader: Secrets to Building People and Teams That Win Consistently”, p.6, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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

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  Leadership, Mean, Nfl

  Tony Dungy (2007). “Quiet Strength: A Memoir”, p.19, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• Everything's not going to go perfect. You're going to have some losses that you're going to have to bounce back from and some things that are a little unforeseen that you're going to have to deal with.

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  Loss, Perfect, Littles

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• Stubbornness is a virtue if you are right.

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  Virtue, Stubbornness, Ifs

  Tony Dungy, Nathan Whitaker (2014). “Building Your Team”, p.74, NavPress

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• 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.

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  Hard Work, Guy, Talent

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• Did you know that nearly one in three children live apart from their biological dads? Those kids are two to three times more likely to grow up in poverty, to suffer in school, and to have health and behavioral problems.

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  Children, Growing Up, Dad

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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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  Humility, Tears, Modesty

  Tony Dungy, Nathan Whitaker (2011). “The One Year Uncommon Life Daily Challenge”, p.693, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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