Mike Tomlin Quotes

Michael Pettaway Tomlin is an American football coach who is the 3rd head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers of the reformed National Football League , having led the team since 2007. With the victory in Super Bowl XLIII on February 1, 2009 against the Arizona Cardinals, Tomlin became the youngest head coach in NFL history to lead his team to a Super Bowl championship.

✵ 15. March 1972
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Famous Mike Tomlin Quotes

“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) http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09213/987980-66.stm

“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)

“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) http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09027/944772-66.stm

Mike Tomlin quote: “We don't live in our fears, we live in our hopes.”

“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) http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07356/843782-66.stm?cmpid=sports.xml

“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)

“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) http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/steelers/2009-01-29-tomlin-cover_N.htm
Derived from Proverbs 27:17 "As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another."

“Be where you're at.”

As quoted in Observer-Reporter.com (19 October 2007) http://www.observer-reporter.com/OR/Story/10_19_Steelers_Denver

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