Dungy Doesn't Rule Out Retirement

INDIANAPOLIS - Asked today if there was any chance the Super Bowl would be the final game he coaches for the Colts, Dungy said, "It's something I haven't thought a whole lot about. I'll sit down with Jim (Irsay) at the end of the year and I'll sit down with my wife and we'll do what we do at the end of every year. The first thing is you have to make sure they want you back. I never take that for granted anymore."

Not thinking about it "a whole lot" means of course that he has thought about it some. According to some of the local beat writers here in Indy, Dungy intimated in past years that he might step down if he ever won a Super Bowl.

A few other nuggets....

On When He Realized He Was "OK" After the Death of His Son James Last year

* "I still don't know that I'm going to be OK. It was never anything that flashed for me, it just was time to move forward."

On Who He Feels Happiest For
* "I was very happy for our staff. I was standing up there on the podium thinking these guys are going to get to go and experience it. You're happy for equipment men and trainers, guys who work 20-hour days all year and never get any notoriety. You're happy for them. And I'm probably most happy for (owner) Jim Irsay. I thought (the runup to the game in Baltimore) the way that thing was played up was not right and he came through it like the strong man he is."

More on Irsay
* "When I was let go in Tampa, Jim called and said, 'This is not good negotiating but I want you to be my coach I don't care what it costs.' He's a very honest guy and his emotions are out front. It took me about an hour to say, 'This is going to be a guy I'll love to work for.' When we would get close and lose, he was the most disappointed person but it was always encouragement. Just a special guy to work for."

On Receiver Reggie Wayne, whose brother Rashad Died Earlier This Year
* "Reggie has done (played) in such a way that you know he was playing for more than himself this year."