One of the classiest men in football announced his retirement yesterday at a press conference. Tony Dungy, 53, the head coach of the Indianapolis Colts for the past 7 years, is calling it quits. After taking his teams to the playoffs in 10 consecutive season, Dungy's Colts lost in the first round two weekends ago.
I took interest in this story yesterday afternoon as I was listening to sports radio guys predict that Dungy would return A) because he didn't want to end his career with a disappointing playoff loss, and B) because he has a legendary quarterback with many good years left and Super Bowl opportunities in Peyton Manning. I think what they probably did not factor into the equation is that Tony Dungy's priorities are God, family, and football - in that order. Whereas other men might have stuck around longer for records, trophies, and riches, Tony Dungy realizes that true riches are stored up in heaven.
Dungy plans to spend more time with his family and do some volunteer work. He has been involved with prison ministries for years, and says he has a heart to reach out to young men in his community. "Where my heart is, is really with our young men right now," Dungy said. "We have so many guys that didn't grow up like me, didn't have their dad there and that's something I'm very, very interested in."
Congratulations to Tony Dungy on your retirement and blessings as you move forward!
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3 comments:
did lauvernus coles retire? willis mcgahee? joe flacco should retire because of the game he is having. Trent Difler will go in history, if he hasn't already, as the best quartedback in ravens history
tim tebow
mike pringles
when is cole going to update his blog?
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