Tony Dungy's Essay In 'Quiet Strength'

When beginning to read “Quiet Strength”, I noticed a strong value within Tony Dungy through his writing. A value that many people lack from time to time. Respect. Within the second chapter, you notice this value greatly when he speaks of his childhood and his family. He mentions his parents’ values multiple times and the discipline his siblings and himself would receive. He speaks much of his parents in a classroom setting and the respect both of them showed their students: “My dad believed you can’t teach only one way with only one syllabus, because while some students might get it, others won’t” (Dungy 14). Tony respected his father’s mind set on teaching and how he treated each individual student. I believe this mind set was passed down to Tony. I’ve noticed in my 18 years of life how hard it can be for some people to give credit to people who have gotten them where they are today. That certainly was not a problem for Tony. Chapter Seven began with “God worked through Denny Green to shape me as a coach and prepared me for advancement” (Dungy 85). Tony gave credit where it was due. He highly respected Green and how he took him under his

In Chapter 4, Tony states that “Chuck Noll developed much of his coaching philosophy from the legendary Paul Brown, and I got mine from Chuck. I tell people that I’m from the Paul Brown school of football” (Dungy 43). When Tony began his coaching career with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1996, he immediately thought of Coach Noll when deciding upon his coaching staff. He mentioned how he “had learned that you need all types of personalities on a staff” (Dungy 96-97). When Tony played for Chuck Noll and the Steelers, he picked up on and very much respected the way Chuck Noll ran his football program and noticed the effect Chuck Noll and his philosophy had on the program as well. Chuck Noll’s philosophy, as well as Paul Brown’s philosophy, made its way to the Tampa Bay