Review
Uncommon: Finding Your Path to Significance by Tony Dungy, Nathan Whitaker
They just may be the most important lessonson and off the fieldthat can be applied to your life today.. Dungy carried them with him through his days as a student, as an NFL player, and as the first African American coach to win the Super Bowl. Men who know the value of family and faith as well as career. Men with both confidence and humility. And his message to them about how to attain real significance in life is one that many peoplenot just football playersare desperate to hear. $lt;Br />$lt;br />In a culture that defines success by the size of your salary or by the media frenzy surrounding you, Tony Dungy offers valuable insights on achieving uncommon success and real significance. Super Bowlwinning coach and #1 $lt;i>New York Times$lt;/i> best selling author Tony Dungy has had an unusual opportunity to reflect on what it takes to achieve significance. He also works every day with young men who are trying to achieve significance through football and all that goes with a professional athletic careersuch as money, power, and celebrity. He is looked to by many as the epitome of the success and significance that is highly valued in our culture. A particular focus of the book: what it means to be a man of significance in a culture that is offering young men few positive role models.$lt;center>$lt;strong>Success is uncommon, therefore not to be enjoyed by the common man.$lt;/strong>$lt;br /> $lt;strong>Im looking for uncommon people.$lt;/strong>$lt;/center> $lt;br />$lt;br />When Coach Cal Stoll spoke these words to Tony Dungy and the rest of the freshman football team at the University of Minnesota, he likely had no idea how they would be remembered. Today, he thinks they are words that the world needs to hear more than ever before. $lt;br />$lt;br />Tony Dungy believes that his primary job as a coach is to build men worthy of being role models to a nation of boys who look up to them: Men of character, integrity, and courage.