“Iron sharpens iron.”

— Mike Tomlin

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 <br class="br">Derived from Proverbs 27:17 "As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another."

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