Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American coach Mike Tomlin.
Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Michael Pettaway Tomlin is an American football coach who is the head coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). Since joining the Steelers in 2007, he has led the team to ten playoff runs, seven division titles, three AFC Championship Games, two Super Bowl appearances, and a title in Super Bowl XLIII. At age 36, Tomlin became the youngest head coach to win the Super Bowl, a record which was later beaten by Sean McVay in Super Bowl LVI. Tomlin has never had a losing record during his 15 seasons as a head coach, which is the longest ever streak in the NFL.
Two reasons I come down here every year: the food and there are multiple guys here every year.
We don't live in our fears. We live in our hopes.
Americans sadly, are the #1 consumers worldwide. We drive the market. American citizens. That struck me - like a lightning bolt! And that probably was as impactful in terms of me having a strong desire to take action as anything.
If our team doesn't face enough adversity early on in a season, I create it. Nothing builds a team like adversity.
Excuses are tools of the incompetent
You continue to dream the wild dreams that you dream when you were young.
It's not about what you're capable of, It's about what you're willing to do.
There's going to be some joyful lifting for us if you will in terms of some of the tasks we have to do.
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.
I tend to attack the challenges that are right in front of me, the ones that I have today.
More grounded, more humble, more selfless makes us more opportunistic.
I did see the Soul Train picture. That was interesting. I've heard all the jokes. I had it coming.
Hungry is a word that I've been analyzing here of late. It's not hunger that drives me, it's not hunger that needs to drive our football team. Hunger and thirst are things that can be quenched. We have to be a driven group, we have to seek greatness.
I'll tolerate you until I can replace you.
The good teams, the dominant teams, aren't necessarily dominant in stadiums, but they are dominant largely in moments, when they do what's required to get out of stadiums with victories.
We kind of knew what they were doing. They brought pressure on the side with (Troy) Polamalu. The
way that they played the coverage was a little unique. Again, I’ve just got to do a better job than that.
The Standard ... is the standard.
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.