Mike Tomlin

We don't live in our fears, we live in our hopes.

Michael Pettaway Tomlin (born 15 March 1972) is an American football head coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League.

Quotes

• Be where you're at.
  • As quoted in Observer-Reporter.com (19 October 2007)

• We don't live in our fears, we live in our hopes.
  • Following the Steelers win over the Rams in 2007, quoted in "Steelers Notebook: Turf wars — Natural or artificial at Heinz Field?" by Gerry Dulac in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (22 December 2007)

• There's going to be some joyful lifting for us if you will in terms of some of the tasks we have to do.
  • As quoted in "Credo from Tomlin: Let's have fun" by Ed Bouchette, in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (27 January 2009)

• Iron sharpens iron.
  • As quoted in "Inside Tomlin's style: Humility, words matter for Steelers coach" by Jarrett Bell, in USA Today (31 January 2009)
  • Derived from Proverbs 27:17 "As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another."

• More grounded, more humble, more selfless makes us more opportunistic.
  • As quoted in "Inside Tomlin's style: Humility, words matter for Steelers coach" by Jarrett Bell, in USA Today (31 January 2009)

• People aren't very good listeners, by nature … Part of being a good communicator is recognizing and understanding that and trying to make the complex simple. I try to capture a concept, an idea or a moment in a few words. If they remember it, job done.
  • As quoted in "Inside Tomlin's style: Humility, words matter for Steelers coach" by Jarrett Bell, in USA Today (31 January 2009)

• I'll tolerate you until I can replace you.
  • As quoted in "Inside Tomlin's style: Humility, words matter for Steelers coach" by Jarrett Bell, in USA Today (31 January 2009)

• I'm not concerned about avoiding anything that happened three years ago or worried about letdowns or things of that nature. When you use the term 'letdown' you proceed with the assumption that this is a continuation of something that happened in the past.
  • Referring to the Steelers' poor start in 2006 following their Super Bowl win, as quoted in "Tomlin looks ahead" by Ed Bouchette, in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (1 August 2009)

Quotes about Tomlin

• If he were not a football coach, he'd be a shrink.
  • Chris Hoke, as quoted in "Inside Tomlin's style: Humility, words matter for Steelers coach" by Jarrett Bell, in USA Today (31 January 2009)

• If he was not a world famous football coach, he would be stuck in a dead-beat job.
  • Dennis Murphy, as quoted in The Weekly Records.