Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Tony Dungy Fan

For those of you who don't know, my dad was a football coach for most of my life. I loved being a coach's daughter for so many reasons. I think because my dad was a coach, I've always been a fan of coaches more than of players. One of my favorite coaches is Tony Dungy (recently retired coach of the Indianapolis Colts) not just because he's a football genius, but because he's a man of great character. I highly recommend his book Quiet Strength. I'm looking forward to reading his new book Uncommon.

He's also written a children's book called You Can Do It! We had purchased this book for Baylie for Christmas, but we just got an autographed copy from a friend of my parents. I'm so excited! I can't believe she'll have a book actually signed by Tony Dungy. I'm glad we have two copies because I don't think I'll let her read the autographed one. It will have a place of honor on her bookshelf.


P.S. I can't wait for September 19 when Florida State plays BYU in Provo. Bobby Bowden and Bronco Mendenhall are two of my favorite college coaches.

2 comments:

-Special Mothertivity- said...

All I know about Ton Dungy is what you wrote in this post. BUT I am so excited for you about that book!! Your obviously are a big FaN! Is it a good book? Would you reccomend it?

Kristin said...

We've tried to make sure that Baylie has books with black characters. This one is autobiographical about Dungy and his brother. I liked it. It's too old for Baylie now, but it will be good when she's a little older.