Tony Dungy to Kick Off 9-Day Book Tour July 9

Tony Dungy to Kick Off 9-Day Book Tour July 9

Super Bowl Winning Coach's Memoir, Quiet Strength, to Release July 10

CAROL STREAM, Ill., July 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Indianapolis Colts head coach Tony Dungy will kick off a 10-day national book tour Monday, July 9, for his memoir, Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, & Priorities of a Winning Life (written with Nathan Whitaker and published by Tyndale House.) He is a Super Session speaker at CBA's International Christian Retail Show in Atlanta on July 9. From July 9 - July 17, Dungy will participate in a coast-to-coast media tour, beginning in New York City with an exclusive interview with Robin Roberts on ABC-TV's Good Morning America on Tuesday, July 10 (the official "street date" for the book), and featuring a West Coast appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Wednesday, July 11. On July 11 Dungy will also appear on a TV satellite tour including network affiliate stations in Baltimore, Birmingham, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Nashville, Tampa, and other cities.

Other tour highlights include appearances on: FOX News Channel's FOX & Friends (July 13), On the Record with Greta (July 12), and Hannity's America (July 15), and ESPN'S Jim Rome is Burning, and Lifetime Network's "The Hour of Power." Dungy will also appear at the ESPY Awards airing on ESPN on July 15, at 9:00 p.m., EDT. (He or the Indianapolis Colts are ESPY nominees for "Best Team," "Best Coach/Manager," "Best Moment," and "Best Game.")

In addition to the television appearances, Dungy will be featured in an exclusive personal profile by Newsweek in its July 9 edition, as well as radio appearances on shows such as The James Brown Show on Sporting News Radio (July 6), ESPN Mike & Mike in the Morning (July 10), the Tom Joyner Show (July 13), Dennis Miller Show (July 10), Alan Colmes Show (July 12) and Sirius NFL Radio's "The Opening Drive" (July 10). For a full media schedule, please visit http://www.coachdungy.com/.

Dungy, who was recently named to Time Magazine's "100 Most Influential People in the World" list, will sign Quiet Strength at the following locations:

Ridgewood, NJ, Book Ends (4:00-6:00 p.m.), Friday, July 13
Fort Wayne, In, Anchor Room (5:00-7:00 p.m.), Sunday, July 15
Indianapolis, Berean Christian Store, Southport, (5:00-7:00 p.m.), Monday,
July 16
Indianapolis, Family Christian Store, Crawfordsville Road, (3:00-5:00
p.m.), Monday, July 16
Carmel, In, Barnes & Noble, (7:00 - 9:00 p.m.), Monday, July 16
Books-a-Million, Lakeland, Fl, (noon - 2:00 p.m.), Tuesday, July 17
Borders, Tampa, Dale Mabry -South Tampa location, (4:00 - 6:00 p.m.),
Tuesday, July 17
LifeWay Christian Store, Tampa, (7:00 - 9:00 p.m.), Tuesday, July 17

Tyndale House Publishers is sponsoring a "Meet Tony Dungy Sweepstakes" at http://www.coachdungy.com/. One Grand Prize Winner will win a trip for four to the Colts' regular season opener September 6 against the New Orleans Saints. Five (5) first prize winners will receive a football signed by Tony Dungy and a signed hardcover edition of Quiet Strength. One hundred (100) second prize winners will win a signed hardcover edition of Quiet Strength.

Quiet Strength: the Principles, Practices, and Priorities of a Winning Life features a foreword from two-time Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington and his wife, Pauletta. "To follow Coach Dungy's life from his beginnings to the present is most inspiring. For him to have been rejected, ignored, praised, and denied -- yet still maintain dignity, strength, and hope -- is a testament to his unwavering faith. At times his choices have not been popular, but he has stood his ground. He has remained committed to the will of God," the couple said in one paragraph of their foreword.

Tyndale House Publishers was founded in 1962 by Dr. Kenneth N. Taylor as a means of publishing The Living Bible and has since grown into one of the premier publishing houses in the industry. Tyndale products include the popular Left Behind series and numerous other New York Times bestsellers. Tyndale also publishes the Holy Bible, New Living Translation along with other resources for church and family. Tyndale House is substantially owned by Tyndale House Foundation. As a result, the company's profits help underwrite the Foundation's mission, which is to spread the good news of Christ around the world. Tyndale House Publishers is located in Carol Stream, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago.

Quiet Strength may be ordered from retailers or http://www.coachdungy.com/. The website will also include images and book tour updates.

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Source: Tyndale House Publishers

CONTACT: Todd Starowitz, +1-630-784-5397, Toddstarowitz@tyndale.com, or
Mavis Sanders, +1-630-784-5275, Mavissanders@tyndale.com, both of Tyndale
House Publishers; or Jessica Quinn, +1-404-290-4910, Jessica@jessicapr.com,
for Tyndale House Publishers

Web site:

http://www.tyndale.com/
http://www.coachdungy.com/

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