Tony Dungy Quotes

I am lucky to have had an attentive, curious and loving dad and heart-smart, down-to-earth, gifted mother. They changed the outlooks of their own lives and have never forgotten the people and organizations that helped them dream bigger than their circumstances should have allowed.

I want the privilege of guiding the arrows of my children and giving them the exhortations that can shoot them into the high place.

My coaches were great. My mom and dad. My dad never missed a wrestling meet.

Certainly my parents were a huge influence. They always expected the most out of all of us. And expected us to do our very best. I'm thankful to them for allowing me to do what I wanted to do.

My parents did a great job of raising me and my brother. Very supportive parents.

I couldn't live my life the way I do if my parents weren't supportive.

I'm lucky my parents raised me well.

To be honest my mentor was my mom and dad. I was very blessed and fortunate to have parents like I had.

I just feel so blessed to have had the time that I had with my mother. She made it so impactful in terms of how she raised me and my little brother, the values that she instilled in us, the way she inspired us, and how she lived her everyday life.

I was taught very well. My mom raised me very well, and so did my dad. I've been very blessed to have great parents that cared about me.

I don't know what it feels like not to have a great family support system - I was lucky to have that.

I'm very lucky, I've got two very loving parents, still very much together, and always been very supportive.

I want to thank my mother and my father for teaching me to have a dream. You are seeing my dream come true.

Listen to your mom and dad! They are almost always right, especially about boys.

I think it is important to be a friend to your kids. But it is also equally important to set boundaries. My mother was a strong influence, and so was my dad. My mom was my friend whom I couldn't cross.

I really, really admire my parents so much, for how they raised me. They're some of the best human beings I know.

I was blessed, because I come from a family where they knock you down before you float away. I have a lot of brothers who just make sure we have our feet on the ground, and my mom is a rock star. She is an amazing mother.

I couldn't have been luckier with my parents.

My mom and dad put my brother and sister through university and they were very keen for us to have an academic background just to give us a chance.

I have really great, great parents, and they were very supportive of me.

My parents were there: in front of me, behind me, in the middle of my life at all times: reprimanding me, giving me confidence, teaching me valuable lessons, to help make me the man I am today.

It is a sad commentary of our times when our young must seek advice and counsel from 'Dear Abby' instead of going to Mom and Dad.

I am what I am thanks to my mother, my father, my brother, my sister... because they have given me everything. The education I have is thanks to them.

My mom and dad - they were always there. They were always on the set. They focused on our family life. The entertainment business wasn't the end-all. They weren't out to get the next big paycheck or the next big movie. It was about 'What can we do as a family.'

My mom and dad gave their kids the greatest gift of all - the gift of unconditional love. They cared deeply about who we would be, and much less about what we would do.