Tony Dungy: Making The Situation Better

Posted on September 14, 2009 
Filed Under Fathering, Focus on the Family Broadcast, Social Concern, Spiritual Life

Inspirational, focused and redemptive. Those are just three words that describe Tony Dungy. In case you missed it, here’s an article about the Super Bowl-winning NFL coach and best-selling author. One of several good quotes from the interview:

In visits with prisoners, he says, “What I look for, [is] ‘What do you want to do from here?’ That’s something my dad used to tell me all the time. When you’re in a situation you can complain about it, you can feel sorry for yourself, you can do a lot of things. But how are you gonna make the situation better?”

Mr. Dungy, a former broadcast guest on Focus on the Family, also shared about his mentoring work with Michael Vick, who is trying to re-start a successful career as a professional football player after spending time in prison for dog-fighting/killing.

And if you’re a fan of Tony Dungy, consider getting this audio interview (on CD). Good listening for every football fan, busy dad and aspiring athlete!

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One Response to “Tony Dungy: Making The Situation Better”

  1. Doug on September 16th, 2009 11:20 am

    Tony Dungy was a great coach, a great motivator, and he still is an outstanding individual; a great human being and a great American. I really love his testimony and how he has been able to handle the bad with the good, especially the suicidal death of his son, and still maintain some roll of sanity in his life. My own brother died of congestive heart failure, and I never saw my dad grieve his death, because I was away at a court-ordered rehab center (which I needed like I needed a hole in my head), and those people didn’t even allow me to go see the judge to seek leave to go to my brother’s funeral. But I know that it was very hard for him, and by the reports of my niece, it was very sad to see that happen. My father didn’t last three years after my brother’s death; we lost him on July 8, just a little more than two months ago. My dad was a non-practicing believer, and I am hopeful that he will be in heaven, but I know that my brother’s death contributed to an already broken heart, that eventually killed him.
    Thanks for the story on Tony Dungy.

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