Tony Dungy Quotes

It is a truism that children need more of Mother than of money.

My little one's only 12 and I miss seeing him grow up and trying to form him and mould him the way I'd like him to him to turn out, which is something like his dad!

All things considered, there's nobody better for children than parents.

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

Parents are the ultimate role models for children. Every word, movement and action has an effect. No other person or outside force has a greater influence on a child than the parent.

We are our children's first teachers.

A mother plays a very important role in every child's life.

Even if society dictates that men and women should behave in certain ways, it is fathers and mothers who teach those ways to children not just in the words they say, but in the lives they lead.

I don't take it lightly that I brought a life into this world. They're waiting for you every day, these sweet little angels. You have to have time for them to interact on a daily basis.

Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within hearsay of little children tends toward the formation of character.

Where you raise your children isn't as important as how you raise your children.

It's always been my feeling that God lends you your children until they're about eighteen years old. If you haven't made your points with them by then, it's too late.

I love being the person my kids depend on to learn. Everything they learn, for the most part, comes from you - how they treat people, how they look at the world, how they process things. I love being that example for them, just like my parents were for me.

I want a certain thing for my children. I just want to be in their life. I don't want nannies raising my kids.

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.

I don't think kids should have role models. They're disastrous.

No matter what the situation you're in, if you're raised in a loving environment, that's the most important thing.

If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.

We take our children everywhere we go. I don't believe in having them and then leaving them to someone else to bring up.

Blessed with Mom and Dad's remarkable genes, raised on big words and big, iconoclastic attitudes, Larry and I, before entering kindergarten, knew who we were, what we wanted, and how we would get there.

Parents should be the most important examples for their children.

If you have children, you know you're responsible for somebody. You realize you are being imitated; your belief systems and priorities have a direct influence on these children, who are like flowers in a garden.

I've got a life that really matters to me, and that's because of the way I was raised. My ethics are high because my parents did a great job.

I believe my readers are crazy about their parents and want to be just like them when they grow up.

I think you are who you are, and your kids will see who you are. So you'd better be a good person, because they are going to see it, and that's going to shape them. They are going to become you.