Tony Dungy Quotes

I believe I am a player that can organise the game well for my team.

The Leader will be a person with the management skills to coordinate the activities of the Team, and to assure that the Team remains faithful to the objectives of the incoming President.

I work strategically with my management team to make all decisions.

George Perles at Michigan State was the first coach that gave me responsibility as far as being a coordinator. I learned a lot from that experience.

I've always had one in my teams - that sort of central pivot that orchestrates the game.

My job as a director is to communicate, and I want to communicate to all.

That is what a good manager does - you study and think and discuss, and you come up with a model of playing.

I was always taught that a catcher has to be the brains of the team.

When I was a kid I started a baseball team. I was a terrible player, but I put together a group of neighborhood kids. I started a hockey team. I put the kids together and got a sponsor. So I can always kind of organize people and get things done.

My job is exhilarating. It's challenging. I find that the governance part of it, the decision making part of it - actually comes - comes pretty naturally. I think I've got a great team. I think we're making good decisions. The the hardest thing about the job is staying focused. Because there's so many demands and decisions that are pressed upon you.

I'm a leader. I'm the leader of this team, and they look for me at any point in the game, and that's not just scoring-wise, I do other things.

One of the greatest joys of leadership is assembling and knitting together teams of fantastic people.

A team of giants needs giant pitchers who throw good ideas but every pitcher needs an outstanding catcher. Without giant catchers, the ideas of the giant pitchers may eventually disappear.

I think playing cricket taught me more about working in teams and leadership that has stayed with me throughout my career.

Tim Lewis is great, he's a great coordinator.

Of all the things I've done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal.

Captaincy is 90 per cent luck and 10 per cent skill. But don't try it without that 10 per cent.

A CEO needs to build their own team.

I need to build my team around my weaknesses.

The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man.

I'm not comparing myself with anyone, but I am very confident about my captaincy, as I have already led India and in the IPL also. I have confidence I can bring out each player's ability fully and also give them a lot of confidence... I would like to stick to what I know best and what I have confidence in.

I think a captain is someone who captains on the cricket field but, most of the leadership that happens is off the cricket field. It's very easy to captain people on the cricket field, but if you can start leading them off the cricket field, and show them that trust, what you have in them.

Reading a book about management isn't going to make you a good manager any more than a book about guitar will make you a good guitarist, but it can get you thinking about the most important concepts.

My definition of an executive's job is brief and to the point. It is simply this: Getting things done through other people.

I fell in love with the topic of leadership. For three decades, that has been a major focus of my hands-on work: listening to and working with leaders, their teams and their organizations.