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 TomlinTwo reasons I come down here every year: the food and there are multiple guys here every year.
Mike TomlinIf our team doesn't face enough adversity early on in a season, I create it. Nothing builds a team like adversity.
Mike TomlinI did see the Soul Train picture. That was interesting. I've heard all the jokes. I had it coming.
Mike TomlinI tend to attack the challenges that are right in front of me, the ones that I have today.
Mike TomlinThere's going to be some joyful lifting for us if you will in terms of some of the tasks we have to do.
Mike TomlinThe 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 TomlinHungry 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