The Epitome of a Leader
In face of adversity, resolute faith:
Kept hope alive: Peyton Manning: "I'm proud that Tony Dungy is my head coach. I'm proud to play for him. He's had a lot of good speeches after those playoff losses when guys can hardly say anything, when it's hard to stay positive. He kept believing. It's hard to believe a man when he says that, but you do believe in him." Mistakes schmistakes: "We talked about this last night, that there would be some storms in the game. Nobody was really shocked, nobody was upset, after the opening kickoff. It was just seven points and we felt we could get back in it."Driven by a set of core values:
Driven by his values: "You want to do things the right way. I'm proud as a Christian coach that I can do it that way. I can honor the Lord. I can coach with no profanity, no violations of the rules, anything like that. And you can still win." Assembling people who 'fit:' "Our goal was to win the Super Bowl but if all we did was win one, it would only be half-fulfilling. We needed to win it with the right kind of guys, with community-oriented guys. To me, that's what it's all about, that you can win professionally and you can win with class."Humility:
"Certainly not the best:" "The Lord gave me the opportunity, Lovie and I, and we're able to take advantage of it. But we're certainly not the best, certainly not the most-qualified, and I know there's some other guys that could have done it, given the chance." Credit elsewhere"I really have to dedicate this to some guys who came before me. When I came in the league in 1981, Jimmy Raye and Sherman Lewis and Lionel Taylor, those guys were in the league already, great coaches that I know could have done this if they had gotten an opportunity."Glass-half full mentality:
"I think the disappointments that you have along the way make it feel that much better when you finally do accomplish it. I came in as a player [with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1970s] and won my second year and really kind of thought that was the way it goes, and that it was easy. With the disappointments, you get to appreciate how hard it is to [succeed]. It means more. We love the guy.Read More Business Tips From Trizle »
6 Comments
on The Epitome of a Leader
Jon Speer
2007-02-05 15:07:40 UTC
Thanks for this post. I live south of Indy and have been a Colts fan for some time. It makes me proud to be a fan of the Colts and a fan of the NFL when people like Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith are in the Super Bowl. I know how fortunate the Colts organization is to have leaders like Tony Dungy and Peyton Manning. When it seems like all the news about professional atheletes is bad, it is refreshing to see the good guys represented in the big game.
ZachariahJosiah[drag0?]Kendall
2007-02-05 17:50:24 UTC
Excellent post. So true.
The Trizle Team
2007-02-06 05:56:45 UTC
Hi Jon,
Thanks for your awesome comment. Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith are totally awesome people/coaches/leaders. You couldn't ask for better guys to represent teams at the Super Bowl.
Congrats on the big victory!
Hendy Irawan
2007-02-07 03:14:00 UTC
These are seriously motivating words...
I think each and every person or earth are able to do so.
Not by following (i.e. plagiarizing/duplicating) the successful guys but by developing their own personality... in its purest form.
That'll make them rock in their own unique ways... :-)
The Trizle Team
2007-02-07 05:19:01 UTC
Hendy,
I'm so with you. We all are so unique, and it's a crime people don't realize how good they really are.
-Andrew
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