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Top 20 Jock Stein Quotes (2025 Update)

Jock Stein Quote: “There is no substitute for experience.”

1. “There is no substitute for experience.”

Jock Stein Quote: “There is always a time to move on.”

2. “There is always a time to move on.”

Jock Stein Quote: “If you’re good enough, the referee doesn’t matter.”

3. “If you’re good enough, the referee doesn’t matter.”

Jock Stein Quote: “Football without fans is nothing.”

4. “Football without fans is nothing.”

Jock Stein Quote: “Football is for the fans. It can be the greatest game in the world but if there are no people to watch it, it becomes nothing. The fans are the lifeblood of the game.”

5. “Football is for the fans. It can be the greatest game in the world but if there are no people to watch it, it becomes nothing. The fans are the lifeblood of the game.”

Jock Stein Quote: “Celtic jerseys are not for second best, they don’t shrink to fit inferior players.”

6. “Celtic jerseys are not for second best, they don’t shrink to fit inferior players.”

Jock Stein Quote: “We must play as if there are no more games, no more tomorrows...”

7. “We must play as if there are no more games, no more tomorrows...”

Jock Stein Quote: “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.”

8. “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.”

Jock Stein Quote: “Surely there are enough Celtic songs without introducing religion or politics or anything else.”

9. “Surely there are enough Celtic songs without introducing religion or politics or anything else.”

Jock Stein Quote: “Without fans who pay at the turnstile, football is nothing. Sometimes we are inclined to forget that. The only chance of bringing them into stadiums is if they are entertained by what happens on the football field.”

10. “Without fans who pay at the turnstile, football is nothing. Sometimes we are inclined to forget that. The only chance of bringing them into stadiums is if they are entertained by what happens on the football field.”

Jock Stein Quote: “Unlike many other Celts, I cannot claim that Celtic was my first love but I can say that it will be my last love.”

11. “Unlike many other Celts, I cannot claim that Celtic was my first love but I can say that it will be my last love.”

Jock Stein Quote: “There’s nothing wrong with losing your temper for the right reasons.”

12. “There’s nothing wrong with losing your temper for the right reasons.”

Jock Stein Quote: “It is up to us, to everyone at Celtic Park, to build up our own legends. We don’t want to live with history, to be compared with legends from the past. We must make new legends.”

13. “It is up to us, to everyone at Celtic Park, to build up our own legends. We don’t want to live with history, to be compared with legends from the past. We must make new legends.”

Jock Stein Quote: “The best place to defend is in the opposition penalty box.”

14. “The best place to defend is in the opposition penalty box.”

Jock Stein Quote: “It’s not religion that’s the problem – it’s the lack of religion!”

15. “It’s not religion that’s the problem – it’s the lack of religion!”

Jock Stein Quote: “Ach, Rangers are alright, but they still haven’t invented blue grass.”

16. “Ach, Rangers are alright, but they still haven’t invented blue grass.”

Jock Stein Quote: “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.”

17. “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.”

Jock Stein Quote: “I think it is important to win a match, but I think what is even more important is the manner in which you win.”

18. “I think it is important to win a match, but I think what is even more important is the manner in which you win.”

Jock Stein Quote: “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.”

19. “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.”

Jock Stein Quote: “There is no excuse for a professional footballer not to be 100% fit.”

20. “There is no excuse for a professional footballer not to be 100% fit.”

Jock Stein Quote: “If I can achieve for Celtic what I have achieved for Hibs, then I feel I will have done well for them.”

21. “If I can achieve for Celtic what I have achieved for Hibs, then I feel I will have done well for them.”

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