Tony Dungy is one of those guys you can't help but root for. First, he had he a Super Bowl taken away from on the verge of winning it at Tampa Bay, so you had to pull for him to win it at Indianapolis. Then, a year after his son died, you had to pull for him to win it the next year when his team made it.
The underlying reason shines through in Uncommon. NFL teams test and time potential draft picks, and then record codes about whether to draft each one. A guy might be too slow or unskilled to get drafted. Dungy may be the only one with a code DNDC -- "do not draft due to character". This extends beyond trouble with the law or recklessness. It includes work ethic and team orientation. As Dungy mentions, they have lost out on some major talent due to this provision, but he firmly believes it was worth it.
Uncommon is a motivational book, well-suited for sports team building at the high school or college level.
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