Uncommon Quotes

“It's okay to wander.”
― Tony Dungy, Uncommon: Finding Your Path to Significance

“Life is challenging. I wish I could tell you that you’ll always be on top of the mountain, but the reality is that there are days when nothing will go right, when not only will you not be on top, you may not even be able to figure out which way is up. Do yourself a favor, and don’t make it any harder than it has to be. In those moments,      be careful how you speak to yourself;      be careful how you think of yourself;      be careful how you conduct yourself;      be careful how you develop yourself.”
― Tony Dungy, Uncommon: Finding Your Path to Significance

“Avoidance doesn’t solve anything; it merely serves as a temporary salve.”
― Tony Dungy, Uncommon: Finding Your Path to Significance

“The great thing about integrity is that it is truly no respecter of position or wealth or race or gender. It is not determined by shifting circumstances, cultural dynamics, or what you’ve previously achieved. From the moment you are born, you—and you alone—determine whether you will be a person of integrity. Integrity does not come in degrees—low, medium, or high. You either have integrity or you do not. In”
― Tony Dungy, Uncommon: Finding Your Path to Significance

“Don’t worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you. ROBERT FULGHUM”
― Tony Dungy, Uncommon: Finding Your Path to Significance

“also made it abundantly clear that no one was indispensable. We knew that if one of our star players was injured, we could still play well and still win. So even though we had many Hall of Fame players, our games were never about individual accomplishments. Teamwork was valued above all. It was not about “I” or “me” but about “us” and “we.” This was the primary reason that Coach Noll brought in assistant coaches from the college ranks. Similarly, when he traded players away (like me!), he always looked to get draft picks in return, not players from other teams. He wanted people who would buy into the “Steeler Way” and not try to bring other ideas into play. Other teams may have good ideas that work well for them, but we would win the Steeler Way. And every Steeler believed that, which is one of the reasons we were so successful.”
― Tony Dungy, Uncommon: Finding Your Path to Significance

“Albert Camus once said, “Integrity has no need of rules.” I tend to agree.”
― Tony Dungy, Uncommon: Finding Your Path to Significance