Quiet Strength Chapters 3-5

Chapter three is about Dungy, a black quarterback and a star on his high school football team, and his struggle whether or not to play football his senior year because an African American friend was not named a captain. Dungy believed that his friend was not named a captain because of his race. He has an African American administrator in grade school, who helped Dungy and his African American teammates decide to play football their senior seasons by putting their pride aside. Dungy said he learned valuable decision making skills from his administrator that he still uses today. Dungy also talks about his refusal to do drugs and drink while his teammates did.

In chapter four, Dungy talks about putting God first in His life in ALL things. He tells the story of how he was undrafted and wondered what plan God had for his life. God guided him to get a spot on the Pittsburgh Steelers roster, where he found several intimidating players were devout Christians. This encourage Dungy in his faith and his striving to put God first in all that he did.

Dungy tells the story of how he met his wife in chapter five. Dungy was traded to the San Francisco 49ers in 1979 and was traded to the New York Giants a year later. He then retired after being cut from the Giants roster. He became an assistant coach for the Steelers and his pastor introduced him to a woman in his congregation, who was perfect for him as they encouraged each other in their faith. In June 1982, Tony and Lauren Dungy got married.

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