American - Coach | October 6, 1955 -
The best leaders are following Christ. That's the best leader you can follow.
Tony Dungy
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My parents had a strong impact on who I am today. My mother and dad both encouraged us to think about the long term - where you wanted to be - to think about education, to think about what is right and what is wrong, and to do things that will help you in the long run.
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It's definitely harder being a dad than a coach.
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I got put into leadership roles very early in life from fifth grade, sixth grade. I always ended up being the quarterback or the leader of the sports teams, and it's kind of benefiting me now.
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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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Don't shed any tears for me. I got to live a dream most people don't get to live.
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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.
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What did you have the potential to do? And if you came close to that, if you maximized that, then you were a success in God's eyes. So many of us do things that the world would say is successful, but we have so much more potential.
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All Pro Dad is an organization that started down in Tampa in 1997. And it was just a group of us who felt like we weren't doing as good a job as our fathers did in connecting with kids and being there and being involved in their lives, working and coaching and spending all the time we had to. We just felt badly.
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When I was15 years old, I couldn't look at the NFL and look on TV and say, 'Boy, there's a head coach, African American. That's something I'd like to do.'
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As big a deal as the Super Bowl is, it's not the most important thing going on in the planet.
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We're not hitting on all cylinders, defensively. When we're playing good, I'll let you know.
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