Mike Tomlin

"Be where you're at."

"We don't live in our fears, we live in our hopes."

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

"Iron sharpens iron."

"More grounded, more humble, more selfless makes us more opportunistic."

"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'll tolerate you until I can replace you."

"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."

"If he were not a football coach, he'd be a shrink."

"If he was not a world famous football coach, he would be stuck in a dead-beat job."