Tony Dungy
Tony Dungy
Anthony Kevin "Tony" Dungyis a former professional American football player and coach in the National Football League. Dungy was head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 1996 to 2001, and head coach of the Indianapolis Colts from 2002 to 2008...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth6 October 1955
CityJackson, MI
ball knew run
We knew they wanted to run the ball and use the clock. Once we got ahead, we were able to not let that happen.
ball game great special tough
We've got a tough group. You have to do something special to get a game ball from them, but (Smith) did a great job.
execute good supposed
When we do what we're supposed to do and execute the play, we've been pretty good on third-and-1 or 2.
family puts situation
With my son's situation and our family, it puts it all into perspective.
anyone calls coach passes personnel thrown wild
With the personnel they have, how coach Fairchild calls plays, those are the wild cards. They've thrown more passes than anyone in the league, and I don't think that's going to change.
critical focus stretch winning
We want to see if we can get that done, ... So our focus is winning the first one. This is a very critical two-week stretch for us.
games win
We need to be able to win games like this, ... If you're going to win a championship, you have to win games that go any kind of way.
aware change helps
When you change your protection, when you're always aware of what's going on with one guy, it helps the whole defense.
future joe moon warren
Like '94 with Warren Moon and Joe Montana, you'll see two future Hall-of-Famers in Saturday's game.
guys hard hit matter wrapping
We've got guys who aren't wrapping guys up, ... No matter how hard you hit them, you've still got to wrap them up.
happiness happy looked sure
We're happy for Mike. I don't know what the league's rationale is on it, but I'm sure they looked at all the facts.
balls generally guys knew martin plays situation throw
It's just that guys were very focused. We knew where a lot of the balls would go, and once we got into a situation where Martin had to throw and try to make some plays ... that's when you generally get the interceptions.
seemed three time took week
After the first one, it wasn't too bad, ... It took a long time to get that first one. After three weeks, it seemed like every week was 10 or 12 days.
best-effort differences giving
What will people remember us for? Are other people’s lives better because we lived? Did we make a difference? Did we use to the fullest the gifts and abilities God gave us? Did we give our best effort, and did we do it for the right reasons?