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Dungy Memoir No.1 on NY Times
Associated Press/ESPN.com ^ | August 1, 2007 | Associated Press

Posted on 08/02/2007 6:56:22 AM PDT by cdga5for4

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- Already best on the field, Tony Dungy is now tops in the bookstore.

Six months after becoming the first black coach to win a Super Bowl, he's about to grab the No. 1 spot on The New York Times' bestseller list.

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Tony Dungy was on a whirlwind tour this summer. He was at the ESPYs, on "The Late Show" with David Letterman and stopped by "The Tonight Show" as well to promote his best-selling book.

His memoir, "Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, and Priorities of a Winning Life," on Sunday will claim the top spot for nonfiction hardcover, his publishing company said in a statement Wednesday. Tyndale House Publishers said it is the first NFL-related book ever ranked No. 1.

(Excerpt) Read more at sports.espn.go.com ...


TOPICS: Books/Literature; Sports
KEYWORDS: booktour; christians; coach; dungy; memoir; nfl; tonydungy
Pretty amazing that it's the first NFL book to ever be No. 1.
1 posted on 08/02/2007 6:56:24 AM PDT by cdga5for4
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; KlueLass; ...

Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, and Priorities of a Winning Life Quiet Strength:
The Principles, Practices,
and Priorities of a Winning Life

by Tony Dungy
and Nathan Whitaker

Abridged Audio CD version


2 posted on 08/02/2007 11:08:17 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Profile updated Thursday, August 2, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: cdga5for4

Dungy is a first class example of what a man should be!

Well done!


3 posted on 08/02/2007 11:13:22 AM PDT by Knute (Tell me again ONE good reason I'm living here in Wisconsin??)
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To: SunkenCiv

He has come a long way from the days when he coached for Tampa Bay. :)


4 posted on 08/02/2007 1:18:23 PM PDT by Berosus ("The candidates that can't face Fox News can't face Al Qaeda."--Roger Ailes)
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To: Berosus

Without him TB would have never won the super bowl. I was at the Raiders-Bucs game in 1996 when the turnaround started.


5 posted on 08/02/2007 5:07:26 PM PDT by fkabuckeyesrule (Do people who say hello at the end of each sentence know how stupid they appear to be?)
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