Mike Tomlin
Mike Tomlin
Michael Pettaway "Mike" Tomlinis an American football coach who is the head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League. Tomlin is the fifth youngest head coach in any of the four major North American professional sports. He is the tenth African-American head coach in NFL history, and first in Steelers history. With the victory in Super Bowl XLIII on February 1, 2009 against the Arizona Cardinals, Tomlin became the youngest head coach to lead his team to...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth15 March 1972
CityHampton, VA
The Standard ... is the standard.
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.
If our team doesn't face enough adversity early on in a season, I create it. Nothing builds a team like adversity.
You must continue to dream the wild dream that you dreamed when you were young
We don't live in our fears. We live in our hopes.
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.
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 did see the Soul Train picture. That was interesting. I've heard all the jokes. I had it coming.
Excuses are tools of the incompetent
It's not about what you're capable of, It's about what you're willing to do.