Jock Stein Quotes

I know who can play and who can't play and I'm very straight-forward... If you can play, you can play; if you can't, you can't.

If you are good enough, you should play.

The future belongs to the competent. It belongs to those who are very, very good at what they do. It does not belong to the well meaning.

It generally happens that assurance keeps an even pace with ability.

I think it now comes down to whether you have the skills or not.

Win with ability, not with numbers.

I feel confident matching up with anybody.

I feel confident with what I'm able to do.

Ultimately, it's your talent that counts.

Sure you can; the only question is whether you do it well.

He hits the ball a long way and he knows how to win.

Merit should count more than academic background.

The thing I like most about football is it's a meritocracy.

Where we can compete on merit, we do very well.

Man cannot live by incompetence alone.

It's one thing to talk about lack of diversity and lack of representation. But that doesn't matter if you're not good at what you're supposed to be doing.

If you're going to put me in the booth, make sure it's because I'm good enough to be there.

There's no one more talented than me.

When I get out there 100 percent, everybody will see what kind of player I am.

Obviously, talent speaks for itself, so, yeah, you got to go in there, and you got to play well. You got to play your game, but that's kind of the easy part in some ways.

I want to show people I can play.

The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do, well.

Creativity is not a substitute for competence.

There may be talent without position, but there is no position without some kind of talent.

Do the thing you're good at. Not many people are lucky enough to be so good at something.