List of Tony Dungy Quotes

There Are Two Schools Of Thought. You Can Be Basic And Spend All Your Time On What Your Opponents Are Going To Do. Or, You Can Be Very Multiple And Complex, Put A Lot Of Doubt In Your Opponents' Minds And Create Problems For Them With The Volume Of Things You Do.

I Always Liked To Be Fairly Simple Because You Could Get More Players Ready To Play Quickly. If You Lose Players To Free Agency, Injuries, Etc., It Is Easier To Get Young Players Ready To Play In A Less Complex System.

I Enjoy Watching Football On Tv. Many Times I Can Visualize The Whole Field, Even On The Tv Screen, Because I Still Know Enough About What The Teams Are Doing.

I Do Not Think Being A Coordinator Is A Requirement, But It Does Give You Some Advantages. You Get Used To Working With Half The Team And You Go Through The Game-planning And Decision-making Processes.

The Game Has Changed Since The '70s As More Coaches Have Looked At Ways To Make It Tougher On Defenses. But I'm Glad My Career Turned Out The Way It Did - I Would Have Never Gotten A Chance To Learn The Defensive Side Of The Ball.

If You Want To Be An Athlete, Then Getting Good Grades, Going To College, And Developing Your Intellectual Skills Are Important.

And One Game, As We Know, Can Cost You A Lot.

We Talked About Some Of Our Experiences, Focusing, Hanging Together Down The Stretch, Important Games. It's Not Necessarily Who Has The Most Talent But What Team Sticks Together And Executes Their Fundamentals The Best.

If I Can't Get The Captains To Respond Appropriately And Show The Leadership I Expect, How Is Anyone Else Going To Respond?

Gay Marriage And Who Should Be On A Football Team Have Nothing To Do With Each Other.

Remember That Mentor Leadership Is All About Serving.

I Learned From Chuck Noll In Pittsburgh That Speed And Explosiveness On Defense Is The Way To Build A Team. Both Are Difficult For Your Opponent To Assimilate In Practice And Then In Games It Is Even Harder To Match.