Tony Dungy Quotes

There will be internal discipline, but I can envisage both of them playing for Newcastle again. They're top-class players and they don't come along very often.

True confidence is firmly planted in reality. To grow your confidence, it's important to do an honest and accurate self-assessment of your abilities. If there are weaknesses in your skill set, make plans for strengthening these skills and find ways to minimize their negative impact.

The key is not being overconfident. You should not think that because I'm a top-ranked player, I will win this game. You have to be focused.

There's a reason that I have confidence out there, and it's about how I prepare for games and for series and seasons and whatnot, so we've got to stick with that kind of thought process.

Hold it more important to have the players' confidence than their affection.

When the players think you are strong and that you trust them, it helps them to have a good attitude.

In football, it is a question sometimes of the mentality, understanding the players, the atmosphere, the confidence.

I know what I do well, and I know what I can do with other people.

With experience, you suddenly realise you know how to do things or that you've done something like this before. And I think as you get more confident, you can sit back and try and weigh up the options of doing something or not doing something.

For me to be a better player, I need to play more games, and having a gaffer I know has great trust in me gives me the confidence I need to help me improve my game.

We are professionals. We know when we're playing badly, so if you have a poor game, you work in training to put things right so form comes back.

You can see players do things in training that aren't a problem but they can't in a game situation. You have to work on it, relax and be brave.

It's not just about talent. It's about having players with good mentality.

I always say that mentality is a crucial aspect in a football environment.

A player playing with confidence is better than a player playing with doubt in his head.

A lot of coaches might yank you after the first couple shots don't go in.

I know my game pretty well, and that is the secret to success in most sports.

I briefly studied martial arts in college and realised that I might not be a great fighter physically, but it gave me mental strength and boosted my confidence.

When I played for Barcelona, I knew that some home games were going to be easier than some others, as the team had plenty of confidence. That confident mentality helped Barcelona players win games.

I started to realise I am not as strong as others, and I can't muscle someone off the ball who is twice the size of me. So I have altered my game, playing on the half-turn, for example, and it's made me a much better player.

With one coach, you have a lot of confidence, and you play well. Then you go with another coach, and your confidence is zero. Football is this.

Even the greatest players accept coaching and value the need for discipline and the order that it brings to the team

Baseball gives ... a growing boy self-poise and self-reliance. Baseball is a man maker.

When you're doing martial arts, you feel like you can master certain skills and be so much more in control of who you are, so that really appealed to me.

It's about us getting ready to play. It's not about the other team. We'll beat ourselves before they beat us. That's always our approach.