Quotes About Competence

I know I am more than capable of beating Carl Froch.

I'm a believer that you're as good as your best game because that's the level that you can get to.

It's just my job to prove I belong in there. I've been in the league a long time.

I'm very confident on where I stand in the league and where I belong.

I automatically started thinking about what I'd do if I had to prove I was sane. I'd like to think that just being my normal, essentially sane self would be enough, but I'd probably behave in such an overly polite and helpful and competent manner I'd come across like a mad butler with panic in his eyes.

Love what you do. Get good at it. Competence is a rare commodity in this day and age. And let the chips fall where they man.

Most men think they are good drivers. Most women think they are good in bed. They aren't.

I can write faster than anybody who can write better, and I can write better than anybody who can write faster.

You can't help respecting anybody who can spell TUESDAY, even if he doesn't spell it right.

Let it be recognized that all of the faithful — clerical and lay — possess a lawful freedom of enquiry and of thought, and the freedom to express their minds humbly and courageously about those matters in which they enjoy competence" [Gaudium et Spes § 62].

You should be able to do anything a human being can do (from my late father's wisdom).

If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.

A fool with a tool is still a fool.

Bragging about yourself violates norms of modesty and politeness - and if you were really competent, your work would speak for itself.

If you win, you need not have to explain...If you lose, you should not be there to explain!

Patients know in a heartbeat if they're getting a clumsy exam.

I played at the highest level, so I know what kind of things go through a player's mind and how he might behave, what patterns will crop up in the day-to-day routine.

I think the biggest thing for everybody in this league is the respect of their peers. A lot of the things we do, the way we compete, is for everybody in this league to respect as good players. Whether GMs see it or not or people on the outside, we want the respect of players.

In writing I found something I could do at least as well as my peers, if not better.

I'm worth every penny because I'm a complete professional who does her work well.

First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people.

I want to be perceived as a guy who played his best in all facets, not just scoring. A guy who loved challenges.

I've always had faith in my ring ability, but sometimes it's how you are perceived, and how good you are doesn't matter.

As a woman of color, I always have to be at 150 percent and better than everybody in the room to be considered competent.