Quotes by Tony Dungy

I have yet to hear Gods audible voice, although I have often felt led by God in more subtle ways.

Its okay to wander.

Remember that mentor leadership is all about serving. Jesus said, “For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many” (Mark 10:45).

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.

I needed to do my current job well, keep preparing, and wait on God’s timing. I needed to trust His leadership rather than try to force an outcome I wanted.

You cant always control circumstances. However, you can always control your attitude, approach, and response. Your options are to complain or to look ahead and figure out how to make the situation better.

The first step toward creating an improved future is developing the ability to envision it. VISION will ignite the fire of passion that fuels our commitment to do WHATEVER IT TAKES to achieve excellence. Only VISION allows us to transform dreams of greatness into the reality of achievement through human action. VISION has no boundaries and knows no limits. Our VISION is what we become in life.

People look at me and see a calm, cool guy on the sidelines and I want them to know that my Christian faith affects my coaching and everything I do.

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 its kind of benefiting me now.

Balance provides the chance for longevity. You can be a champion at work and at home.

You never know whats going to happen. My mother was an English teacher. If someone had told her that I was going to write a book, she would never have believed that. So you can never say never.

My dad, who was a teacher, used to tell me that a teachers goal should be for every one of their students to get an A. If thats your goal every day - to make every student or player learn - then it doesnt matter if you won last year or didnt win. When next years team shows up, I try to help every player become as good as they can be.

I could never have pictured myself writing a book when I was 25 years old. My mom was an English teacher but I wasnt that way growing up.

I dont have the strength or wisdom to get through a single day without guidance and grace from God.

The secret to success is good leadership, and good leadership is all about making the lives of your team members or workers better.

We need somebody to give us a chance.

Ive said all along that God is in control.

The book is actually called A Mentor Leader, a Different Way to Lead. It really talks about my experience in the way I tried lead our football team, things that I learned from, basically, the coaches that I played for and my parents about leadership. And it is a little bit different, counter to maybe what society says about great leaders.

Youre 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.