Tony Dungy Quotes

The fact that I have had so much time to be a dad and to be around my children is brilliant.

America needs more fathers taking an active role in their children's lives.

I think I may have failed at a lot of things, but the one thing I can say, and that I'm proud of, is that I am a good parent.

Child-rearing is my main interest now. I'm a hands-on father.

I really enjoy being a dad, and maybe I took it too seriously, but I love being around my kids.

I'm a pretty hands-on dad and make the most of my custody. I take care of my little one whenever I can, and she determines what I can do and where I can do it.

I think as mothers we are all just trying our best.

When my daughter was born, I was a stay-at-home dad for the first two years.

I may never know what type of effect I have on my sons, just like Granny never knew the effect she had on me. So I just try and make the best decisions that I can, be the best father that I can.

It's hard to think of anything that is more socially beneficial than raising children well. It needs to be valued and respected, I believe by everyone in public life regardless of your political party.

I don't want to be an absent mother. Otherwise, why have children?

Parents are the designated caregivers and are best suited for being able to raise children.

Real fatherhood means love and commitment and sacrifice and a willingness to share responsibility and not walking away from one's children.

As a person, the only people who matter are my kids and how they see me.

Love your kid as much as you possibly can, and do what you need to do for your family because my situation and what I do for my kid may not work for you.

Obviously, I feel a great sense of responsibility being a good parent and raising my children. I don't take that job very lightly. Who they are, what they become and what they contribute to the world is very important to me.

A working definition of fathering might be this: fathering is the act of guiding a child to behave in ways that lead to the child's becoming a secure child in full, thus increasing his or her chances of being happy and fruitful as a young adult.

Part of our responsibility as parents, as adults, is to set examples for children. But we have to like children in order to be really happy fulfilled adults.

They have to exist or not in their own right. I mean, with kids, you don't say, 'Which is your favourite,' or 'Which did you enjoy bringing up the best?'

I think I'd be a good dad; it would be a pleasure.

I look at my little girl and I wonder what she's going to be and what she's going to do and what is it that leads girls certain directions in life. I think a lot of that goes back to what kind of father they had, and so it makes me want to be the best dad I can possibly be.

I think some people really change when they become a dad. Like, I've changed in different ways. I - but, like, my comedy hasn't changed. And I've also seen people do that where you become this - you become a dad, and then all of a sudden, you're trying to be a role model.

My No. 1 responsibility when I'm not slaying zombies is being a parent.

I feel like being a good model for my children is something that I do take seriously.

As a father, you want to protect, but I also want to prepare her for when she grows up, so I want to be a great example as a dad.