A good read about the Indianapolis Colt’s former head coach and his mentoring relationship to recently reinstated quarterback Michael Vick. A bit of a different window into the life of probably a large number of star athletes and what distracts or keeps them. Maybe it’s a good thing that the closest thing I ever got to a competitive team sport (besides the odd softball game or intramural soccer game for the Spanish house in college—ah those were the days), was, ahem, marching band in high school. (Hey, I DID get a letter for that work, people).
Another side note: I still get a kick out of the fact that whenever I’m watching a basketball game, a football or baseball game, or any other professional sports match (maybe besides golf and NASCAR… but wait, I don’t really watch those), I’m now older than MOST of them. What happened???
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A coach’s faith: Why Dungy helped Vick return
by Matthew Kaminski, The Wall Street Journal
“Tony Dungy’s favorite verse in the Bible is Matthew 16:26: “What does it profit a man to gain the whole world but forfeit his soul?”
“In my 30 years in the NFL, I’ve seen a lot of that,” says the first African-American head coach to win a Super Bowl and a best-selling author of inspirational books. “All the notoriety, all the accolades, all the money that people could get, and you see guys that aren’t happy, and have personal problems because they haven’t directed their lives toward something that’s going to be long lasting.”
In his case, faith and family provide direction. For years he has worked through his prison ministry and mentored kids and families, dads above all, and naturally his players. But the troubled soul he has on his mind, sitting over an orange juice at his hotel in midtown Manhattan is Michael Vick”…
[Read the rest of the article here.]
Why Tony Dungy Gets That Respect
A good read about the Indianapolis Colt’s former head coach and his mentoring relationship to recently reinstated quarterback Michael Vick. A bit of a different window into the life of probably a large number of star athletes and what distracts or keeps them. Maybe it’s a good thing that the closest thing I ever got to a competitive team sport (besides the odd softball game or intramural soccer game for the Spanish house in college—ah those were the days), was, ahem, marching band in high school. (Hey, I DID get a letter for that work, people).
Another side note: I still get a kick out of the fact that whenever I’m watching a basketball game, a football or baseball game, or any other professional sports match (maybe besides golf and NASCAR… but wait, I don’t really watch those), I’m now older than MOST of them. What happened???
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A coach’s faith: Why Dungy helped Vick return
by Matthew Kaminski, The Wall Street Journal
“Tony Dungy’s favorite verse in the Bible is Matthew 16:26: “What does it profit a man to gain the whole world but forfeit his soul?”
“In my 30 years in the NFL, I’ve seen a lot of that,” says the first African-American head coach to win a Super Bowl and a best-selling author of inspirational books. “All the notoriety, all the accolades, all the money that people could get, and you see guys that aren’t happy, and have personal problems because they haven’t directed their lives toward something that’s going to be long lasting.”
In his case, faith and family provide direction. For years he has worked through his prison ministry and mentored kids and families, dads above all, and naturally his players. But the troubled soul he has on his mind, sitting over an orange juice at his hotel in midtown Manhattan is Michael Vick”…
[Read the rest of the article here.]