Super Bowl–winning coach and #1 New York Times
best selling author Tony Dungy has had an unusual opportunity to reflect on
what it takes to achieve significance. He is looked to by many as the epitome
of the success and significance that is highly valued in our culture. He also
works every day with young men who are trying to achieve significance through
football and all that goes with a professional athletic career—such as money,
power, and celebrity. Coach Dungy has had all that, but he passionately
believes that there is a different path to significance, a path characterized
by attitudes, ambitions, and allegiances that are all too rare but uncommonly
rewarding. Uncommon reveals lessons on achieving significance that the coach
has learned from his remarkable parents, his athletic and coaching career, his
mentors, and his journey with God. 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.