Tony Dungy's All Quiet Strength?

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Have you ever read the book Quiet Strength? Its an incredible story about the trouble that the hall of fame head coach went though. This story has many different settings, but the two major ones are Tampa Bay, florida and Indianapolis, Indiana. This story took place in the modern era, when tony was just 24 years old. After Tony was cut from being a safety/ wide receiver on the steelers, he went on the be the youngest defensive coordinator for the team. Tony had plenty of coordinator jobs, he worked with the steelers, the 49ers, and the Buccaneers.
The protagonist in this book is Tony Dungy. Tony is a quiet and calm guy who follows the way of christ. Tony is always one to put himself after others, he is a very generous and loving man. When Tony got his job as a head coach he took a different approach at coaching than others did. Most NFL coaches yell at their teams and try to teach them with a sense of fear. Tony thought that if he respected them they would do the same towards him, He never yelled and treated everyone on the team the same no matter how good you were.Tony also believed in putting his family before anything, He made sure to give his
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In 2005 Tony´s son committed suicide by hanging himself. When james did this, The colts were on their best run to the super bowl And seemed as if they couldn't be stopped. James committing suicide made tony drede with insecurity for losing his son, and at the worst possible time too. James isn't the only antagonist in this story, Both Tony´s mom and dad both played a dreadful rule in this story. Tony lost both of his parents before they could see him play in the big game, Tony never did stop coaching, he knew that his parents would have wanted him to keep coaching. Although Tony felt terrible for all of his losses, he believed they all happened for a good reason. He fully believes in god, and knows that god did what he did to help him and make him

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