Quotes About Competence

I think I can handle the pressure and am pretty confident I can adapt to the style of the Premier League.

I am pretty confident I can adapt to the style of the Premier League.

I don't have a desire to prove people wrong, as such, because if you take a look at my Premier League record it's not too bad.

From a personal point of view, when you're hitting the back of the net at Premier League level people recognize that you're doing something right.

The more complicated and powerful the job, the more rudimentary the preparation for it.

I know where confidence comes from: Work and preparation.

I trust myself, the way I prepare. I feel like I know what I'm doing.

Being a former first lady doesn't prepare you to be president.

Great cooking favors the prepared hands.

Confidence comes from knowing what you're doing. If you are prepared for something, you usually do it. If not, you usually fall flat on your face.

I'm not prepared for holding office any more than I think Arnold is.

Every year that I have under my belt, I'm a lot more confident and a lot more prepared for the challenges of being a manager.

The presidency is not an entry-level electoral job.

How can you run for president if you don't know the job description?

The presidential race should not be a battle of personalities.

Truly, if you can't cover a five-car pile-up on Route 128, you should not be covering a presidential campaign.

Experience always enables you to handle pressure better.

Being the headliner is only more pressure if you're not very good.

We mislead ourselves when we pretend we can make someone into an effective manager by putting them through a few courses in business school.

I've definitely gotten a few jobs by pretending like I knew what I was talking about.

I have no idea what my batting average was in high school, but I know it wasn't below .450, and that's pretty good hitting where I come from.

There's hardly anything I've ever done that's made me cringe; I've got pretty good pitch, for a start, so I'm not known for hitting bum notes.

Everything I played, I kind of found a way to be pretty good at. My mom always said, 'If you're not good at something, then don't do it.'

I like to think of myself as a pretty good shot blocker.