Leadership Quotes by Tony Dungy

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

— Tony Dungy

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

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

— Tony Dungy

Change isn't always bad; we should always be learning and improving. But the change I was seeing involved principles, not procedures.

— Tony Dungy

We wanted guys who had been productive in college, and we made it a point to pick performance over potential.

— Tony Dungy

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

Engage, educate, equip, encourage, empower, energize, and elevate. Those are the methods for maximizing the potential of any individual, team, organization, or…

— Tony Dungy

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

First, there is no typical grief cycle, and second, it's not something I went through. I'm still grieving.

— Tony Dungy

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

Football is a vocation and an opportunity for ministry. But it's not a life.

— Tony Dungy

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

— Tony Dungy

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

— Tony Dungy

Once we had become locked in on a schedule, he (Coach Denny Green) often created a disruption (artificial adversity) to that schedule…

— Tony Dungy

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

— Tony Dungy

There's a difference between making incremental improvements and making sweeping changes that take you away from your core values.

— Tony Dungy

The best solution for falling just short of the goal is to focus on the fundamentals but perform them better.

— Tony Dungy

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

— Tony Dungy

At some point in life's journey, professionally and personally, we have to be able to trust our preparation.

— Tony Dungy

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

If we do what we do without panicking, we can accomplish great things.

— Tony Dungy

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

— Tony Dungy

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

— Tony Dungy

I needed to do my current job well, keep preparing, and wait on God's timing. I needed to trust His leadership rather…

— Tony Dungy

Winning would create greater potential for change than talk alone.

— Tony Dungy