Tony Dungy Quotes About Football

Quotes about: Football

• Our goal was to win, to win a Super Bowl, but also to win in the right way, to be role models to our community, to represent Indianapolis, the state of Indiana and the National Football League.

  Tony Dungy

  Football, Winning, League

• 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.

  Tony Dungy

  Football, Winning, Games

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

  Tony Dungy

  Leadership, Football, Nfl

  Tony Dungy (2011). “Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, and Priorities of a Winning Life”, p.229, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

• You may not win the Super Bowl. Your kids may not go on to be doctors and lawyers and everything may not go perfectly. That doesn't mean it was a bad plan or the wrong thing. It's just like a football season. Everything's not going to go perfect.

  Tony Dungy

  Football, Mean, Kids

• Winning would create greater potential for change than talk alone.

  Tony Dungy

  Leadership, Football, Winning

  Tony Dungy (2007). “Quiet Strength: A Memoir”, p.95, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

• 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.

  Tony Dungy

  Football, Real, Winning

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

  Tony Dungy

  Leadership, Football, Journey

• 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.

  Tony Dungy

  Leadership, Football, Team

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

• I hired top-notch people, trusted them to do their jobs, and then came to grips with the fact that I wouldn't be coaching as much.

  Tony Dungy

  Leadership, Football, Jobs

• 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.

  Tony Dungy

  Leadership, Football, Fun

  Tony Dungy (2007). “Quiet Strength: A Memoir”, p.143, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

• Pain prompts us to change behavior that is destructive to ourselves or to others. Pain can be a highly effective instructor.

  Tony Dungy

  Leadership, Football, Pain

  Tony Dungy (2007). “Quiet Strength: A Memoir”, p.182, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

• We only wanted to pay significant sums to keep truly special players.

  Tony Dungy

  Leadership, Football, Player

• What's important is not the accolades and memories of success but the way you respond when opportunities are denied.

  Tony Dungy

  Motivational, Leadership, Football

  Tony Dungy (2011). “Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, and Priorities of a Winning Life”, p.34, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

• I said all along that God is in control.

  Tony Dungy

  Football, Nfl, God Is In Control

• And as a football coach in the National Football League, I know for sure that it's going to end someday.

  Tony Dungy

  Leadership, Football, Nfl

  Tony Dungy (2011). “Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, and Priorities of a Winning Life”, p.212, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

• I was able to look at football as something that God was allowing me to do, not something that should define me. I couldn't take my identity from this sport.

  Tony Dungy

  Leadership, Sports, Football

  Tony Dungy (2007). “Quiet Strength: A Memoir”, p.51, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

• They were unwillingly to give 100 percent if they didn't personally think it was important. What you don't understand is the champions know it's all important.

  Tony Dungy

  Leadership, Football, Thinking

• And if God has given you a lot of ability, I believe you should be held to a higher level of expectation.

  Tony Dungy

  Leadership, Football, Believe

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

  Tony Dungy

  Leadership, Football, Nfl

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

• I found that while life drags on when you're losing, it marches on when you're winning.

  Tony Dungy

  Leadership, Football, Winning

  Tony Dungy (2007). “Quiet Strength: A Memoir”, p.131, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

• At the end of the day, the only people a One Voice doctrine silences are those who should be the most loyal.

  Tony Dungy

  Leadership, Football, Nfl

• Once a player joins our team, our priority is to teach him, not worry about the player we didn't select.

  Tony Dungy

  Leadership, Football, Team

• I can't very well preach unity and tell the guys we're all in this together and everyone's important, then cut a guy because we might improve by one percent if we bring in someone else.

  Tony Dungy

  Leadership, Football, Cutting

  Tony Dungy (2007). “Quiet Strength: A Memoir”, p.217, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

• There are certain bridges that are not worth crossing, no matter what others think. Loyalty and relationships are important.

  Tony Dungy

  Leadership, Loyalty, Football

  Tony Dungy (2011). “Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, and Priorities of a Winning Life”, p.100, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

• If I can't get the captains to respond appropriately and show the leadership I expect, how is anyone else going to respond?

  Tony Dungy

  Leadership, Football, Nfl

  Tony Dungy (2007). “Quiet Strength: A Memoir”, p.159, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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