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Manning on Coaching

Photo: Matt Kryger/USA Today Network) As I begin this blog, let me share a couple of disclaimers.   First, former University of Tennessee and NFL quarterback Peyton Manning is not everyone’s favorite person.   Everyone is entitled to his or her opinion.   Second, athletic coaching and life coaching are not exactly alike but there are some commonalities.      If you will allow me to proceed with those things understood, I want to share some comments that Manning made in a recent charity event in Indianapolis. Manning was an outstanding quarterback but he is also a generous philanthropist, community leader, and businessman.  When questioned recently about his career, he had some very positive things to say about athletic coaching that also seem to apply to life coaching. In talking about his former coach, Tony Dungy, Manning said: “Coaches have been the best leaders I’ve been around. Tony Dungy was every bit as good a h...