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surprisingly good story; not my normal read anymore

Another good book by Dungy. Really good for young adults trying to figure out the right things to do.

For any of us, to be uncommon is a worthy goal.

Such a touching moving memoir by one of the classiest personalities in football. While the book is jam-packed with enough college and NFL football history and stats to make it an appealing read for any football fan, it is Dungy's up front and on fire affirmation of his faith that plays center stage. I now have even more admiration and respect for this man of integrity.

Author/Dad is in the NFL.

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Reason read: TIOLI, a autobiography of someone born in the same decade as myself. Tony Dungy was born in 1955 and he also played football for the Minnesota Gophers, coached for Vikings and that would be about all we share except religion. Tony believes that a winning life is one led for the Lord. I would say that Tony Dungy had a hard life with many job changes, and the death of his son. He never complains but always sees that God is in control of everything.

Tony Dungy
Matt 7:13-14

The Dungy kids have a mystery to solve. They were suppose to get cupcakes after dinner but one was missing. Help them find out what happened to the cupcake.

Not what I had initially anticipated at all - yet still highly satisfying and thought provoking. Former Indianapolis Coach, Tony Dungy, lays out four leadership principals that can transform a group, workplace, or team, and illustrates how effective they can be through engaging storytelling. He tells the story of the Vipers football team and the year it took to get them from inhouse fighting, selfishness, and separation to unity, respect, and goodwill. It wasn't easy and there were a lot of roadblocks on the way - but when they made an effort to apply the SOUL principals that their mentor Tony Dungy provided them, things slowly started to change. I though football was a great way to tell the story because it's easy to see how the organization fares through wins and losses - but obviously this book is meant for any place of business or organization. At the conclusion of the fable there is a detailed breakdown of each of the SOUL principals, followed by thought provoking questions to get you thinking and on the right track. There are some religious elements thrown in the end (bible references, etc) but those don't necessarily have to be a hinderance. The message of the book is good with or without Tony Dungy's faith at the end. An illustrative guide to creating and cultivating a winning organization.

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Tony Dungy is a rather unique and inspiring person. Tony Dungy has been in the National Football League as a coach for many years. As a head coach he lead the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to the brink of a championship before being let go. He finally got over the hump by winning Super Bowl XLI over the Chicago Bears behind Peyton Manning and the feisty play of strong safety Bob Sanders.

This memoir is about how Coach Dungy applies his Christian faith to not only his coaching in professional football, but to his life off the field as well. His approach to coaching football is certainly unique. He is no Bill Parcel’s who often demeans his players, sometimes in public, to motivate them. He is also not the stereotypical coach who screams, yells, and cusses at his players when they make mistakes or in an attempt to fire them up or get the best out them. His style, by all accounts, is a quiet, understated approach that has certainly worked well for him. He rebuilt the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from a lousy team to a championship caliber team but could never quite get the wins in the playoffs to reach the Super Bowl. He was, most would say, unfairly fired by the Buccaneers as they seemed to feel he was not going to get them past the playoffs and to the Super Bowl. One year after he was let go buy the Bucs, the team won Super Bowl XXXVII over the Oakland Raiders with Jon Gruden as head coach.

After being hired as head coach by the Indianapolis Colts, Dungy quietly built up the defensive side of the ball. The defensive unit had often let the team down and was clearly a weak link. While the Colts defense never became quite as good as his Buccaneers teams, it was just good enough to get a Super Bowl win.

Beyond talking about applying his faith to his role as head coach, Dungy talks about the importance of his family and his community and how he has striven to give all he can to each. And through this memoir, the reader learns a lot about Dungy’s career in the NFL and his teams, so there is plenty of football talk in the book to please fans of the game. He also talks about how his faith helped him cope with the inexplicable suicide of his teenage son.

Overall, this is an excellent book if you are a fan of football or you just want to hear the story of a devoutly religious man and how he applies his faith to everyday life.

Good Biography. But since I'm not that into sports. It didn't resonate with me that much.

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God bless fictional parents who keep their cool and say all the right things. Great message, but I had to remind my kids that if they wandered off and got lost in a crowded place their lives as they know it would be close to over since Mommy would hug them then lose her mind on their tiny behinds!

In 2007, Tony Dungy, head coach of the Indianapolis Colts, became the first African-American head football coach to win the Super Bowl. Quiet Strength goes through the professional and personal career of the Super Bowl winning head coach. The book talks about the principles and values Tony instilled in his franchise and the adversity he overcame with the death of his son before he became a world champion. Although this book was north of 300 pages, I couldn’t put it down. The font was very reader friendly and easy to read. In Quiet Strength, Tony Dungy preaches the values and principles that it takes to be successful in not only football, but also in life. Some of the core values he preaches are: Be a pro, act like a champion, respond to adversity, be on time, execute and take ownership. It was very relatable to me in a multitude of ways. I believe following Coach Dungy’s principles and values is a recipe for success in any arena of life. This would be a good book young adults to learn about overcoming obstacles in life.

Written by Tony Dungy, former NFL player and head coach of the 2006 World Champions, the Indianapolis Colts of the NFL. Tony's little brother, Linden, is a third grader who is having a bad day at school. Linden is the youngest of the Dungy family and the least motivated because he hasn't found "it." In a family where everyone seems to have found their special talent, all Linden knows is that he wants to make people happy. With encouragement from his parents, a helping hand from his older brother Tony, and inspiration from God, Linden learns that if he dreams big and has faith, he can do anything!

A testament to strength and endurance...and I don't mean in the football sense.

I read this book with a 2nd grader who enjoys soccer, and he loved this book. I also thought the book was pretty good. One aspect that I like is the realism. The story is about a boy named Justin who gets bullied by a teammate because he is too short. This problem is definitely very relatable for many children around the 1st or 2nd grade level. Another aspect of this book that I enjoyed was its illustrations. The illustrations were very lifelike, and they made it easy to see emotions on the character's faces. You can see how disappointed Justin is when he starts getting bullied. You can see the anguish written all over his face. It just goes back to the realistic nature of the story. In the end, the theme of the book was: treat others how you want to be treated.½

Tony and Lauren Dungy did a great job with this book! The story begins with siblings, Jordan, Justin, and Jade, playing freeze tag in their front yard when they notice a moving van pull into a house nearby. The children fill up with excitement and run inside to tell their mother about their new neighbors. Jade gets extra excited and hopeful that she will finally have a girl around to be friends with. The family bakes cookies and brings them to the new neighbors. This is when Jade realizes that her new friend that she had been hoping for, Hannah, is in a wheelchair. Jade then worries that Hannah will not be able to participate in activities that her and her other friends do and she becomes hesitant to become friends with her. Jade’s parents give her some great advice, and basically from then on they are best friends! Tony and Lauren Dungy did a great job getting their point across that people should love and be accepting of everybody no matter what they look like! Ron Mazellan did an amazing job with the illustrations! I love the detail and how everything just flows together really well! This book is great and can potentially encourage readers to be more friendly and accepting of others.

Tony Dungy writes of his life and how his faith sustains him through good and bad. Excellent read!

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"Tony Dungy led the Indianapolis Colts to Super Bowl victory on February 4, 2007, the first time an African American coach won the Super Bowl.
He also is known as one of the NFL's best coaches.
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A well told, inspirational story of success without compromise to family and faith.

"Coach Dungy tells the story of a life lived for God and family—and challenges us all to redefine our ideas of what it means to succeed. "½

I always feared when my Miami Dolphins had to play against any of the NFL teams coached by Mr. Tony Dungy, because I knew that they were always a fierce team to beat, playing always at their limit, with a focused mind to do their best. Now I understand why. In this wonderfully written book, Mr. Dungy tell us all about his principles and his relationship with God. Now I admire him even more, not only as a coach, but as a christian fellow. This book is a devotional, with 365 reflections over the Scriptures, where Mr. Dungy goes over his experience dealing with young athletes and how he oriented them to achieve excellence based on the Word of God, as well as his experience in his professional career in different situations. Topics are split in seven major categories: Core, Family, Friends, Potential, Mission, Influence and Faith, each one repeating every seven days. Some reflections are really powerful, like the one called "You Are a Person of Influence", that touched me deeply.
This is a must have book in the permanent library of any serious Christian person who wants to live an uncommon life and make a difference.

This book was written by Tony Dungy and Nathan Whitaker and was published by Tyndale House Publishers in September 2011 and they were kind enough to send me a copy for reviewing through their blogger book review program.

There are not a lot of easy readers featuring actual kids, rather than anthropomorphic animals, non-white kids are even rarer, and sports are practically non-existent.

All of that being said, I still did not like this book, specifically its heavily didactic plot.

Justin loves soccer, so he's thrilled when he sees a sign-up for a soccer team in the park and his mom says he can play. His older brother and sister and father all agree that it's good he has signed up because he's good at kicking, he's fast, and he'll be a great teammate. But on the day of the first practice, he meets Taylor. She calls him "Shorty" and tells him he's too little to play and should go home. Justin doesn't feel so good about soccer anymore. When he finally tells his parents what happened, they convince him to try once more and talk to the coach. The coach talks to the team about bullying and being a team player, but Taylor doesn't join in the discussion. Justin feels a lot better about playing soccer. When they have their first game, Taylor calls Justin "Shorty" again and tells the other kids not to pass to him, but they stand up to him and Justin scores. Taylor gives Justin a high-five and "Now we are a team!" she and Justin shout.

Ok, I was going along fine there - yes, it's rather didactic in the "how you deal with a bully" way, but easy readers aren't generally a good place for sublety. The kids are spending most of their mental effort on decoding the actual words, comprehension is secondary. But when I got to the end, just....no. So, nobody specifically calls Taylor out - just a generic speech on bullying. Which....doesn't work. She doesn't participate in the discussion and is still calling him names in the middle of the game. It's pure luck one of the other kids heard her and was able to multi-task enough to play soccer and display moral courage at the same time. And, of course, the old tired stereotype of the underdog who wins the game and then everyone likes him. There's no apology from Taylor - she accepts him on the team because he scored a goal and what happens next time he misses?

Verdict: Not surprisingly, the authors of this book work for a variety of athletic/religious/kids organizations and have written a lot of inspirational/motivational books for adults. This appears to be one of a series of easy readers which are all more or less motivational/didactic and apparently feature the Dungy's kids in various sports. I would have gotten the book if they'd managed to change the unrealistic and stereotypical ending; as I said at the beginning, it's hard to find easy readers featuring real kids, diverse kids, and sports. But I don't want to hand kids a book that reinforces the implication that if they just make the goal (lose weight, not be so good at math, make themselves more popular, ignore the bully, make other friends etc.) the bullying will stop and they'll all be friends.

ISBN: 9781442457195; Published 2012 by Simon Spotlight; Borrowed from another library in my consortium

I loved hearing the way the Dungy's worked through the many paths life led them. The important message I received while reading was: they put their trust in God first. It is a beautiful testament of life and love. Also, enjoyed meeting them both at the book signing.

Quiet Strength by Tony Dungy and Nathan Whitaker is a very interesting memoir of Tony’s journey to the NFL. It starts with his childhood just like most memoirs, but ends with his Super Bowl winning team. Tony Dungy started as one of the few black quarterbacks in college. As he entered the NFL, he was hoping to be a quarterback. He never got one offer for his position, instead he would get many offers for different ones. His coaching career took off when the Buccaneers hired him as their head coach.
Read this book to see the astonishing journey of the first African-American head coach to win a Super Bowl. It is quite amazing. I recommend this book to anybody familiar with Tony Dungy and to all football fans.