I'm a competition junkie. I need it. I love it. I love being around it. — Mike Tomlin Copy Share Image
It's football. The ball snaps, you kick butt or you get your butt kicked. — Mike Tomlin Copy Share Image
I just think in 60 minutes, everybody has had a fair opportunity to win the game. — Mike Tomlin Copy Share Image
It's my job to be what my team needs me to be. Sometimes it's close and cuddly, and sometimes it's not. I… — Mike Tomlin Copy Share Image
We don't sing the song enough, in my opinion, of the quality things we've done to improve the health and safety of… — Mike Tomlin Copy Share Image
It's about this process and the relationship I have with this game of football and the men that we work with. That's… — Mike Tomlin Copy Share Image
The good teams, the dominant teams, aren't necessarily dominant in stadiums, but they are dominant largely in moments, when they do what's… — Mike Tomlin Copy Share Image
I don't think you want to be in the most significant moment in time, in a game, and be explaining the nature… — Mike Tomlin Copy Share Image
We respect the platform that is the National Football League, the lessons that we have. We intend to utilize it for good. — Mike Tomlin Copy Share Image
I understand it's our job to win and to entertain. I understand that. But in terms of the commentary or the negativity,… — Mike Tomlin Copy Share Image
The ways that they are teaching in college today is different than when they were teaching when I coached college football a… — Mike Tomlin Copy Share Image
Very powerful and influential man, Dan Rooney. A lot on his plate, a lot of things that he wanted to do not… — Mike Tomlin Copy Share Image
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… — Mike Tomlin Copy Share Image
If our team doesn't face enough adversity early on in a season, I create it. Nothing builds a team like adversity. — Mike Tomlin Copy Share Image
There is no manual for this job. There's no how-to for coaching football. There hasn't been and never will be. The bottom… — Mike Tomlin Copy Share Image
You wear on your teammates when they routinely have to answer questions about things that aren't preparation or football-related. — Mike Tomlin Copy Share Image
We have a problem with minority hiring, specifically in football. But I guess that it's an issue of minority hiring across a… — Mike Tomlin Copy Share Image
Gruden has no fear. He doesn't. He looks at an issue or a problem, and he sees it as an opportunity. I… — Mike Tomlin Copy Share Image
A lot can be written and said about Ambassador Dan Rooney, his greatness, all of which I'm sure is true. — Mike Tomlin Copy Share Image
I'm just thankful to be a part of this thing that is the Pittsburgh Steelers. I do my job to uphold the… — Mike Tomlin Copy Share Image
I think that's why we all coach. We don't want to admit it, but we coach because we can't play, we could… — Mike Tomlin Copy Share Image
Coaching is real simple to me. You help players realize their dreams. You help them feed their families. Then, in turn, you… — Mike Tomlin Copy Share Image
We kind of knew what they were doing. They brought pressure on the side with (Troy) Polamalu. The way that they played… — Mike Tomlin Copy Share Image
I believe there's mutual respect among players. I see it. I see it daily. — Mike Tomlin Copy Share Image
I shaped my reputation in this business and this outlook in this business being singularly focused on the task at hand. — Mike Tomlin Copy Share Image
It's not only a moral obligation, but a social responsibility to leave the game and our vocation better than we found it. — Mike Tomlin Copy Share Image
I know at least for me, man, I wanted to be the best dad I could be. I was trying to be perfect. And… — Mike Tomlin Copy Share Image
In the mid-1990s, I was a young offensive coach. I received sound advice that I had a better chance ascending on the defensive side… — Mike Tomlin Copy Share Image
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… — Mike Tomlin Copy Share Image
I prefer old friends as opposed to new ones - people who have been significant in my growth and development along the way. — Mike Tomlin Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a great player, and I wasn't. I never got over that. I take that same energy into coaching. — Mike Tomlin Copy Share Image
People give you good information all the time that are helping you in in your journey. If you're a good listener, you retain those… — Mike Tomlin Copy Share Image
