Tony Dungy

seen in both Friday Night Lights by H.G. Bissinger and in Quiet Strength by Tony Dungy. Both of these books compare and contrast each other in ideas and principles when it comes to football at different levels. Bissinger and Dungy both examine how football is seen differently by people and how football leads to bigger impacts made in society throughout Friday Night Lights and Quiet Strength. In both respected books the coaches of the teams, coach Tony Dungy and coach Gaines, have two different approaches when it comes to football. Tony thinks of football as a secondary job to serving out the Lord's mission, while coach Gaines worries only about football and if his team is winning games. The environment they were adept to plays a role in this theme as Tony was raised in a home with great faith and theta stayed with him all…

Tony Dungy is a football coach for the Indianapolis colts. He was the coach for the Bucks but was fired after a bad season of coaching. Tony Dungy is very brave, i say that because after he was fired and he still tried his best and did not ever give up. He trusted that god had a plan for him and believed he would find another job. He had to remove all of his things from his office where he had many memories at, although he felt down he knew he would be back up again. After this he ended up…

than 80 years” (Ingle). This pattern suggests that NFL general managers likely used hiring practices that discriminated against black candidates. Black players played for many NFL teams, however, the coaching staffs did not reflect the racial diversity of the players. Decisionmakers held biases against minority candidates because they felt they lacked the intellectual ability to do the job. To fight against these biased beliefs, “the Rooney Rule in the NFL was created in order to create an…

Tony Dungy (2010) once said, "The secret to success is good leadership, and good leadership is all about making the lives of your team members and workers better." A good leader is participative and accepts input from their team members or peers, a good leader works together with his team, not alone, and a good leader never leaves anyone behind. According to The Biography (2015), Tony Dungy was born on October 6, 1995, in Jackson, Michigan. He was a football player in the National Football…

As NBC was preparing to launch its new show they first realized they needed a name, and most importantly a host. NBC has decided to select Tony Dungy as their new host for their new sports talk show that focuses on the ins and outs of sports primarily focusing on basketball and football. The show will strive to be much like Real Sports and 60 minutes which have HBO and Showtime have found great success in. The reason for selecting Tony Dungy as the new host for the show is because he is a Super…

to carrying it out. While facing what seems like insurmountable odds, we cannot help but just break down. In Tony Dungy’s memoir Quiet Strength, Dungy takes the reader through his life as a devout Christian from being a complete failure to become the first African-American coach to win the NFL Championship. Dungy has weathered the storm that he knows to be his life through his faith. However, there is but one gift that he needs: a rock with a picture of his family and a cross on it to remind…

The book that made a lasting impression on me and shaped the person who I am today is “Quiet Strength” by Tony Dungy. I have read this book multiple times throughout my life, the first time being when I was 13 and my mother suggested I read the book as I was selected captain of my middle school basketball team. Every time I read this book, I take a new perspective on life and take away a new quote that I try to apply to my life. One quote that stuck with me from my most recent read through,…

The novel Quiet Strength by Tony Dungy, one of the most successful football coaches ever in the National Football League. From reading the novel I have attained many valuable life lessons that I could carry with me for the rest of my life. The lessons I have been taught are overcoming adversity, striving for you goals, and what it takes to become a champion. The book Quiet Strength is about a coach that had to overcome many situations because of his race and size. Coach Dungy started…

Introduction For any organization to grow and prosper it must have good leadership in place; a good leader is always able to accomplish goals by influencing their subordinates to buy into their vision and help them reach their overall goal. The type of leadership that is implemented in an organization will affect how well a company maximizes efficiency and accomplishes goal. The book Uncommon: Finding Your Path to Significance by Former Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy is composed of…

has become indifferent. His brothers footsteps are no longer ones he wishes to follow in. As terrible as this event was It forced him to mature and understand that the life he chooses will be one unlike any of his family members. However, what really changed Antonio for good was not the moment he viewed his brother as unfaithful, but the moment that Ultima breathed her last words. When Ultima died she spoke her last words to Antonio, but unlike the other last words he had heard hers were not a…