Jock Stein
Jock Stein
John "Jock" Stein CBEwas a Scottish football player and manager. He became the first manager of a British side to win the European Cup, with Celtic in 1967. Stein also guided Celtic to nine successive Scottish League championships between 1966 and 1974...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionCelebrity
Date of Birth5 October 1922
Jock Stein quotes about
football impact mind
No Scot ever made a bigger impact on a club than Bill Shankly. Others may claim an equal share of trophies and Matt Busby comes to mind with his wonderful record crowned by the European Cup, but not even Matt would claim the kinship with the fans that Bill enjoyed. He was what football was all about. I can't praise him higher than that.
football fans
Football without fans is nothing.
no-excuses fit excuse
There is no excuse for a professional footballer not to be 100% fit.
friday morning team
My proudest moment? Every Friday morning when I look at the board at Celtic Park and see my name on the team sheet for tomorrow's game.
penalties best-place boxes
The best place to defend is in the opposition penalty box.
losing reason temper
There's nothing wrong with losing your temper for the right reasons.
problem
It's not religion that's the problem - it's the lack of religion!
first-love lasts firsts
Unlike many other Celts, I cannot claim that Celtic was my first love but I can say that it will be my last love.
substitutes
There is no substitute for experience
done achieve celtic
If I can achieve for Celtic what I have achieved for Hibs, then I feel I will have done well for them.
moving what-matters made
I lost some friends when I made the move, but if that's what matters to them, then they're not really friends at all.
boys men giving
The most pleasure any manager can get is seeing everyday boys joining the Club as youngsters and growing into men and giving themselves a better social standing than they could ever have dreamed of previously.
moving time-to-move-on
There is always a time to move on.