I don't have the strength or wisdom to get through a single day without guidance and grace from God.
Tony DungyRead
At some point in life's journey, professionally and personally, we have to be able to trust our preparation.
Interpretation
Trusting our preparation is essential for success in both personal and professional journeys.
This quote emphasizes the importance of preparation in achieving our goals and navigating life's challenges. Tony Dungy suggests that at various stages of our lives, both in our careers and personal endeavors, we must have confidence in the work we've put in to prepare ourselves for what lies ahead.
In practice
Using this quote during a motivational speech to encourage athletes before a game.
I don't have the strength or wisdom to get through a single day without guidance and grace from God.
You should never be defined by what you do, by the things you have; you've got to define yourself by who you are and who you impact and how you impact people. And that's the thing I try to get across to my players.
Football is a vocation and an opportunity for ministry. But it's not a life.
When Jim Irsay called me five years ago, he told me, 'I want you to be our coach and help us win the Super Bowl.' He told me, 'We are going win it the right way. We are going to win it with great guys; win it with class and dignity. We are going to win it in a way that will make Indianapolis proud.'
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.
God’s definition of success is really one of significance-the significant difference our lives can make in the lives of others. The significance doesn’t show up in won-loss records, long resumes, or the trophies gathering dust on our mantels. It’s found in the hearts and lives of those we’ve come across who are in some way better because of the way we lived.
Whatever you do,strive to do it so well that no man living and no man dead and no man yet to be born could do it any better.
Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don't think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.
Anything I do today, I regard as urgent.
If you don't make bold moves, the world doesn't move forward.
My dad was a firefighter for almost 30 years. My mom worked her way up from a secretary to vice president of her own company. They taught me to work hard for everything and take nothing for granted. That's how I play.
You always overestimate what you can get done in a year and underestimate what you can get done in 10 years.
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