“You go to the driving range, you acknowledge that certain people are naturally better at golf than others. Listening is the same way. So if you're a good listener, first of all, you need to be thankful for that, because you're blessed in that way. But you also need to acknowledge that you can get better at it, because it's a skill.”

American football coach

Michael Pettaway Tomlin is an American football coach, born in 1972. He is best known for leading the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League from 2007 to 2025, and later becoming an analyst on NBC’s Football Night in America. Over 19 seasons as head coach, Tomlin never finished with a losing record, the longest such run in NFL history. Under his leadership, Pittsburgh made 13 playoff appearances, won eight division titles, reached three AFC Championship Games and two Super Bowls, and won Super Bowl XLIII. At 36, he became the youngest head coach to win the Super Bowl at the time, and he is tied with Chuck Noll for the most regular season wins in franchise history.