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Quotes About Competence

I'm the all-around threat. I've got the look; I think I've got the whole package.
~ Rose Namajunas
I am an offensive threat, but I can play 'D' with the best of them.
~ Nick Young
Make three correct guesses consecutively and you will establish a reputation as an expert.
~ Laurence J. Peter
I don't think there's any thrill in the world like doing work you're good at.
~ Elaine Stritch
People ask me all the time, 'Are you intimidated, working with strong women?' I'm like, 'No, I'm thrilled. I'm a strong dude. I'm thrilled to work with someone who knows what the heck they're doing, and brings a lot of cool, fun stuff to play with.'
~ James Tupper
Nothing thrills me more than to be good at something. It's very rewarding, and I feel grateful and blessed, and I never take it for granted.
~ Jane Elliot
When you find your niche, you just gotta continue to be confident and thrive in it.
~ D'Angelo Russell
I've always been confident in my abilities all throughout my life.
~ Davante Adams
It does not matter what party you are a member of in this great Nation of ours. Accountability and competence are characteristics that Americans value throughout our great land.
~ Jim Costa
If you can do that - if you run, hit, run the bases, hit with power, field, throw and do all other things that are part of the game - then you're a good ballplayer.
~ Willie Mays
I feel like I've had 20 years of experience at a very high level, if you throw in college, playing overseas, I've played in hundreds and hundreds of games.
~ Becky Hammon
You need all four people to be throwing well. You need to be playing the right shots. You just need to be a lot smarter.
~ Brendan Bottcher
I pride myself on being able to make all the throws.
~ Kyler Murray
Never feel like you have to tick all of the boxes on everything to be able to feel like you can do a job. I have heard it said many times before, and it is so true.
~ Jacinda Ardern
What we need is to understand that women won't often apply for a job until they're almost 95% qualified. So they tick the box and say, 'If I can't do it all, I can't be qualified.' Men look at the same job, and as long as they get to about 60%, they'll apply.
~ Jenny Shipley
You need to get female talent which is good enough to compete at the right level because no team is going to compromise on on-track performance just to tick a gender box.
~ Susie Wolff
Half the guys commenting on MS Dhoni can't even tie their shoelaces.
~ Ravi Shastri
I think you've gotta be smart enough to be competent, but you've gotta be crazy enough to go out there and just let it all happen. I mean, you can rehearse and still not be musical, be tight and not be musical; we all hated that.
~ Joe Satriani
I'd rather work with someone who's good at their job but doesn't like me, than someone who likes me but is a ninny.
~ Sam Donaldson
I shall state silences more competently than ever a better man spangled the butterflies of vertigo.
~ Samuel Beckett
The public do not know enough to be experts, yet know enough to decide between them.
~ Samuel Butler
Unless you have a perception of who you are as a lawyer, you will never be at ease in dealing with legal matters, clients, or courts. But if you know who you are and why you're there, all you need is the expertise and the information.
~ Samuel Dash
At school, when they had to do group projects, Spencer always insisted on doing most of the work. The others will just screw it up, she always thought. They won't do it as well as I can.
~ Sara Shepard
A vision of the little house in Soho flickered across his mind's eye, his mother at a desk, writing in her journal, with hazy sunlight streaming through the morning windows. The woman inhabited a world he had once thought his own – a world of publishers and reliable suppliers. A London that was confident and competent amid its grey, puddle-strewn streets.
~ Sara Sheridan