Tony Dungy Quotes

You cannot just switch football on and off; it's intense. There were times when I probably shouldn't have got involved in certain things and said certain things, but you feel that sometimes you have to stand up for what you believe. Maybe the supporters looked to me to stand up as well.

I'm most proud of the fact I carried myself on and off the field consistently for what the NFL stands for.

I have all the respect in the world for the Patriots, and I respect Tom Brady tremendously.

I've been trying to be the best representative for my school, my family, and the USGA as I possibly could.

Joe Gibbs helped define what the Washington Redskins stand for - integrity, hard work, determination, winning and championships.

I'm going to go out and try to be the best player I can be and help the Chicago Bears win.

Everything about morality and obligations I owe to football.

When Jim Irsay called me five years ago, he told me, 'I want you to be our coach and help us win the Super Bowl.' He told me, 'We are going win it the right way. We are going to win it with great guys; win it with class and dignity. We are going to win it in a way that will make Indianapolis proud.'

The chance of winning a Super Bowl in a city like New York, there's nothing like it. Once you win one, you get that bug to win another one, that edge.

Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.

I don't come to tournaments to make friends, to go to parties, to hold conversations. I come to be the best, and I'm not mean and cruel and dirty.

I had great football players. To be quite truthful, my great football players, the ones who wanted the ball at the end of the games, they weren't focused on money. They want to do something great. They want to go to Pro Bowls. They want to win Super Bowls. Those are the people that succeed in sports - or in business.

I can honestly say that I never 'enjoyed' our meetings, but the respect I have for Peyton Manning as a competitor was, and will likely remain, second to none.

I'd be proud to be one of Barcelona's captains, but for me, it's not that important.

As captain, I want us to be ambitious; I want us to be winners - but above all, I hope we will show how much we love the game by passing the ball and achieving success through our technical and tactical approach.

I just go out there to show them I'm going to play the right way regardless of what position or what situation I'm in.

I'm just a quarterback. I'm just who I am.

My goal is to be the best player on the field every down and every game. If I achieve that, then I will achieve any goal I set forth.

I'm looking forward to playing my part in keeping United at the top of the game.

There're plenty of good people in football - mostly players and managers.

My dream was to become a footballer. I started loving football so much that I followed my dad wherever he went and spent all my time playing football with friends out in the fields. But my parents also taught me the important values and principles in life of respect and to raise me in that way.

Daley Blind, Georginio Wijnaldum and Kevin Strootman too. They are examples of how you should behave as a top player.

It's a life lesson that translates beyond football. You can share these things with your kids: Work hard, do things the right way and you have a chance.

If you are captain of a great team like Paris St-Germain there are lots of players like Zlatan, players who are known by everybody. So to be captain of that team gives you respect and, in football, respect is very important.

Tom Brady is a person of great integrity and is a great ambassador of the game both on and off the field.