Mike Tomlin Quotes & Sayings

Excuses are tools of the incompetent — Mike Tomlin

If our team doesn't face enough adversity early on in a season, I create it. Nothing builds a team like adversity. — Mike Tomlin

I did see the Soul Train picture. That was interesting. I've heard all the jokes. I had it coming. — Mike Tomlin

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. — Mike Tomlin

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. — Mike Tomlin

There's going to be some joyful lifting for us if you will in terms of some of the tasks we have to do. — Mike Tomlin

Everybody with a helmet on is in the mix. — Mike Tomlin

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. — Mike Tomlin

You must continue to dream the wild dream that you dreamed when you were young — Mike Tomlin

More grounded, more humble, more selfless makes us more opportunistic. — Mike Tomlin

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. — Mike Tomlin

I'll tolerate you until I can replace you. — Mike Tomlin

We don't live in our fears. We live in our hopes. — Mike Tomlin

Two reasons I come down here every year: the food and there are multiple guys here every year. — Mike Tomlin

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. — Mike Tomlin

I tend to attack the challenges that are right in front of me, the ones that I have today. — Mike Tomlin

The Standard ... is the standard. — Mike Tomlin