Stepping Away from the Common Life, Part 1
Dr. James Dobson's Family Talk
Dr. James Dobson
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🗓️ 29 September 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Excellence means doing common things in uncommon ways!
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| 0:00.0 | Well, hello, everyone. I'm James Dobson, and you're listening to Family Talk, a listener-supported ministry. |
| 0:06.6 | In fact, thank you so much for being part of that support for James Dobson Family Institute. |
| 0:19.7 | Well, hello, everyone. I'm Roger Marsh, welcoming you to Family Talk, the broadcast division of the Dr. James Dobson Family Institute. On today's program, we're revisiting a powerful and classic conversation Dr. Dobson had with former NFL coach Tony Dungey. If you're a parent raising children in today's culture or if you |
| 0:38.6 | mentor young people, this broadcast will encourage and equip you. As Booker T. Washington once said, |
| 0:44.4 | excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way, and that describes what you are endeavoring |
| 0:49.6 | to do in this season of life. Tony Dungey's credentials speak for themselves. He's a Super Bowl-winning coach |
| 0:55.7 | who led the Indianapolis Colts to victory in the 2007 Super Bowl, becoming the first African-American |
| 1:01.6 | coach to hoist the Lombardi Trophy. He's also a pro football Hall of Famer and a New York Times |
| 1:07.1 | best-selling author. But what sets Tony Dungy apart isn't just his success on the field. |
| 1:12.3 | It's his unwavering commitment to biblical principles and mentoring young men on and off the field. |
| 1:18.2 | Throughout his coaching career, Tony Dungey witnessed a troubling reality. Three out of four |
| 1:22.8 | NFL players came from homes without fathers. This shaped his approach to leadership and also fueled his |
| 1:29.1 | passion for filling that void. On today's edition of Family Talk, you'll hear how Tony stepped |
| 1:34.0 | away from coaching at the peak of his career to pursue something even more significant, |
| 1:39.1 | investing in the next generation. Let's join Dr. James Dobson now and coach Tony Dungey |
| 1:45.0 | for the special conversation on today's edition of Family Talk. |
| 1:53.1 | The year was 2007, and our guest on one of those days |
| 1:58.4 | was coach Tony Dungey, who had just won a Super Bowl shortly before that |
| 2:05.8 | as the coach of the Indianapolis Colts. |
| 2:08.7 | And he had also just come out with a new book called Quiet Strength, which went on to be |
| 2:16.2 | the number one best-selling book on the New York Times list. |
| 2:20.5 | And everyone here fell in love with this good, godly man on that day, especially my wife Shirley, and I wasn't even jealous. |
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