If we lose sight of people, we lose sight of the very purpose of leadership. — Tony Dungy Copy Share Image
I learned it doesn't matter how you win. You play to your team's strength. — Tony Dungy Copy Share Image
We believed it was not our formations that made us good, but rather how we played. — Tony Dungy Copy Share Image
The secret to success is good leadership, and good leadership is all about making the lives of your team members or workers… — Tony Dungy Copy Share Image
Change isn't always bad; we should always be learning and improving. But the change I was seeing involved principles, not procedures. — Tony Dungy Copy Share Image
At some point in life's journey, professionally and personally, we have to be able to trust our preparation. — Tony Dungy Copy Share Image
Once we had become locked in on a schedule, he (Coach Denny Green) often created a disruption (artificial adversity) to that schedule… — Tony Dungy Copy Share Image
There's a difference between making incremental improvements and making sweeping changes that take you away from your core values. — Tony Dungy Copy Share Image
The best solution for falling just short of the goal is to focus on the fundamentals but perform them better. — Tony Dungy Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, the only people a One Voice doctrine silences are those who should be the most loyal. — Tony Dungy Copy Share Image
What's important is not the uniform or the number, and it's not what team you play for or whether anyone else sees… — Tony Dungy Copy Share Image
Engage, educate, equip, encourage, empower, energize, and elevate. Those are the methods for maximizing the potential of any individual, team, organization, or… — Tony Dungy Copy Share Image
If you want to make a difference in the lives of the people you lead, you must be willing to walk alongside… — Tony Dungy Copy Share Image
(Offensive Coach) Paul Hackett realized that Joe Montana knew more about the offense than he did, but when the meeting was over,… — Tony Dungy Copy Share Image
We spent our whole married life in the ultra-competitive world of professional football, Lauren and I had always tried to view it… — Tony Dungy Copy Share Image
“Building a life of significance, and creating a legacy of real value, means being willing to get your hands dirty. It means… — Tony Dungy Copy Share Image
And as a football coach in the National Football League, I know for sure that it's going to end someday. — Tony Dungy Copy Share Image
And if God has given you a lot of ability, I believe you should be held to a higher level of expectation. — Tony Dungy Copy Share Image
A good leader gets people to follow him because they want to, not because he makes them. — Tony Dungy Copy Share Image
I found that while life drags on when you're losing, it marches on when you're winning. — Tony Dungy Copy Share Image
Football is a vocation and an opportunity for ministry. But it's not a life. — Tony Dungy Copy Share Image
Once a player joins our team, our priority is to teach him, not worry about the player we didn't select. — Tony Dungy Copy Share Image
If you're a leader, people's lives should be better because of the influence you've had along the way. — Tony Dungy Copy Share Image
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… — Tony Dungy Copy Share Image
There are certain bridges that are not worth crossing, no matter what others think. Loyalty and relationships are important. — Tony Dungy Copy Share Image
They were unwillingly to give 100 percent if they didn't personally think it was important. What you don't understand is the champions… — Tony Dungy Copy Share Image
Remember that mentor leadership is all about serving. Jesus said, “For even the Son of Man came not to be served but… — Tony Dungy Copy Share Image
I hired top-notch people, trusted them to do their jobs, and then came to grips with the fact that I wouldn't be… — Tony Dungy Copy Share Image
Pain prompts us to change behavior that is destructive to ourselves or to others. Pain can be a highly effective instructor. — Tony Dungy Copy Share Image
For some reason the football coach of a major college program is seen as one of the leaders of the campus. And… — Tony Dungy Copy Share Image
First, there is no typical grief cycle, and second, it's not something I went through. I'm still grieving. — Tony Dungy Copy Share Image
God's definition of success is really one of the significant differences our lives can make in the lives of others. — Tony Dungy Copy Share Image
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… — Tony Dungy Copy Share
Change isn't always bad; we should always be learning and improving. But the change I was seeing involved principles, not procedures. — Tony Dungy Copy Share
We wanted guys who had been productive in college, and we made it a point to pick performance over potential. — Tony Dungy Copy Share
Hard work and togetherness. They go hand in hand. You need the hard work because it's such a tough atmosphere... to win week in… — Tony Dungy Copy Share
As a father of seven kids, and been a kid myself at one point, I realize you don't always make the best decisions every… — Tony Dungy Copy Share
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;… — Tony Dungy Copy Share
Engage, educate, equip, encourage, empower, energize, and elevate. Those are the methods for maximizing the potential of any individual, team, organization, or institution for… — Tony Dungy Copy Share
There are weaknesses that you have to understand and it takes a lot of discipline for the players to be able to play it… — Tony Dungy Copy Share
Integrity is what you do when no one is watching; its doing the right thing all the time, even when it may work to… — Tony Dungy Copy Share
Courage is the ability to do the right thing, all the time, no matter how painful or uncomfortable it might be. — Tony Dungy Copy Share
I would want America to know our kids need us. Spend as much time with your kids as you can. Enjoy them. Be with… — Tony Dungy Copy Share
“Without Peyton, there would be no Lucas Oil Stadium. This team would be playing in L.A. right now. I don't understand Jim saying this.” — Tony Dungy Copy Share
