424 Quotes by Tony Dungy

I could never have pictured myself writing a book when I was 25 years old. My mom was an English teacher but I wasn’t that way growing up.

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.

I’ve always talked to players about perception and reality. I don’t worry about perception. There may be some of that, that people want to attach to a good name, but the reality is that some good things can happen.

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

But there’s no substitute for a full-time dad. Dads who are fully engaged with their kids overwhelmingly tend to produce children who believe in themselves and live full lives.

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

When things happen to us that aren’t exactly what we had hoped for, there are a number of ways we can respond. But there’s only one response that will help us to move on toward the promise of a new day full of opportunities. Get over it, get up, and try it again. Olympian Eric Liddell once said, “In the dust of defeat as well as the laurels of victory there is a glory to be found if one has done his best.” Get over it, get up, and try it again.

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

God’s Kingdom is being held in check by any church that is quick to criticize and disrespect others.