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
Famous Mike Tomlin Quotes
As quoted in "Inside Tomlin's style: Humility, words matter for Steelers coach" by Jarrett Bell, in USA Today (31 January 2009)
“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)
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

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