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
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.
chance hard improved marlin
Marlin is still the same. He improved a little bit. There's a chance he could play. Probably without practice, it's just hard to say.
fortunate guys hard helped miss practice trained worked
Our guys worked hard in the off-season program. They trained well, and we were fortunate to have guys who didn't miss practice and games. That helped our continuity.
double favorable few good guys hard single teams three
It's hard to double three guys. You know you're going to get at least one of those guys in single coverage. Some teams have two good corners. Very few have three. So where's the favorable matchup?
hardest wants worker
Peyton is the hardest worker I've ever been around in my years of coaching. He never wants to make a mistake.
hard-work guy talent
He's probably the hardest-working guy I've been around who has great ability. Overachievers work hard because they have to. Peyton has rare talent, but chooses to push himself like he doesn't.
motivational teamwork hard-work
Hard work and togetherness. They go hand in hand. You need the hard work because it's such a tough atmosphere... to win week in and week out. You need togetherness because you don't always win, and you gotta hang though together.
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.
everybody gets guys
When everybody gets healthy, I think we're going to like our roster, ... We like the guys we have.
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.
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.
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.
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.