Walter Smith Quotations

Our works decay and disappear but God gentlest works stay looking down on the ruins we toil to rear.

Whether people like it or not, you have to say the Old Firm are a major part of Scottish football. I know there is a lot of resentment from other clubs about that, but it's a fact.

If you can achieve winning a league championship, that, to me, is the full test of the team and management because it is over the full season and you have a lot of problems you have to overcome.

I started out in Scotland, not as a footballer of any note, and I didn't play to draw the attention of people abroad.

There are people for whom Rangers Football Club is their entire way of life.

From my own point of view, I hope everybody would realise that people who work in Scottish football - referees included - are always under terrific scrutiny.

Paper and ink are all but trash, if I cannot find the thought which the writer did think.

The Old Firm clubs are not easy clubs to manage and sometimes I think frustration comes in that, in the end, make you happy to be leaving.

Many people have compared me to the Victorian adventure writer, Rider Haggard. I accept that as a compliment. As a boy growing up in Central Africa I read all Haggard's African novels.

My father was my god. His approval was so valuable to me.

(Walker) is continuing to eat up Peach County and he's gonna eat up some more - all the way up to (Interstate) 75. And if he can jump over there, he can do that too.

We have had a lift from the recent performances and there is a real belief now that we can win games. We were unlucky not to beat Italy and we'll try to do the same against Norway.

I believe that New York City is still vibrant. I think New York will still be the financial center. Today's communications technology allows firms to cast a wider umbrella under which firms would be able to locate people in and conduct business with what is bound to remain in Manhattan.

Barry is a Scotland player. He is part of our team. So, when he is available, he is picked. It's as simple as that.

He has been terrific since he has come back. It must have taken him a lot of thinking to give up playing for Scotland. He wouldn't have made that decision without a relevant reason. Everybody that has worked with him at managerial level will tell you that you will not find a better professional.

I wouldn't say I was less concerned with the result than the performance. I think that, to make progress, you have to show that you can get results. That's why it's in my mind to try something different, to get the main striker better support from midfield. We want to create more chances without weakening the defensive aspect of the team.

I thought Darren had suffered a bad knee injury but I am led to believe that he is back in training now and he could actually come to Japan with us.

I won't pick the team until I see how the players who turned up late are in training.

I thought he was out last night. And the important thing about his performance is that others in the squad thought he was out, too. Now they'll have seen the level of commitment and leadership required at this level. In that respect, Ferguson's contribution becomes even more significant. Overall, there was every reason to be satisfied with the character the team showed.

Whether D.C. residents will be full-fledged citizens seems to be a case worthy of the Supreme Court.

We want to applaud and celebrate where steps forward have occurred, but criticize and lament where steps have not been taken. We're talking about an issue that is of life-and-death consequence in the nation's capital.

When we look at what Kenny Miller has done, it's a perfect illustration of the striker's life. In the games he has played since I have been in charge I thought he performed well but got no credit. Now he's performing well and getting credit. It's just the way it goes in that position.

You are the one who seems to have no understanding of the process,

When you lose more than 16 million square feet of real estate in half a day...there's obviously a very intense search going on in this city and throughout this region.

This one is a case of win- or-bust.

We are going to be playing against a country who have their sights on getting at least a play off position for the world cup, which for us if we are going to have any hope we have to continue. So it'll be a game where both sides will be well up for it, and I think it'll be an excellent match.

Between them, Miller and Riordan are coming in and having a look at the squad.

Equity for District residents wasn't built in a day. We've been working on it for 100 years, and we're still not there. But we won't give up.

I spoke to Jackie last week. If you look at the possibility of him coming away to play two international games then it is better for him and the type of injury he's had that he's allowed to finish the season, get the summer over with and get a good pre-season.

Sadly, there is nothing we can do about it. The current Fifa ruling regarding release of players extends to just four days before a World Cup tie.

It is part and parcel of international football. It is disappointing but not a surprise.

It may be that John and others didn't see this case as a gay-rights case.

It's an awkward thing for the four home countries to do that. It would cause an awful lot of problems. We have to make sure Scotland doesn't lose its independence. I'd much prefer Scotland than having a British team.

It's disappointing. The young player was just coming into the team and making his way. He would have come into our thoughts.

It's not a mall. We want people to park their cars, walk around, go to lunch, go to a store and go to a movie. We want them to feel like it's the center of town.

I'm more confident because of what we did in the latter end of the last World Cup qualifying campaign when we got some very good results away. That's what gives us a little bit more optimism going into this one. It'll be about getting off to the right kind of start. That will be so important because we were always playing catch-up last time around.

I don't think this gives you any clear answers, but I think it's a factor people can and should look at to figure out what this guy is made of and what kind of Supreme Court justice he would make.

The best things are not bought and sold.

Whether D.C. residents will be full-fledged citizens seems to be a case worthy of the Supreme Court.

Overall, going to the moon is a daunting project because of the amount of fuel it takes to send a payload from Earth,

Virginia and Maryland attorneys argued this is a national problem and needs a national solution. I'm hoping that with a federal court agreeing this is inequitable, Congress will now act and do the right thing for the District.

Dying is no big deal. The least of us will manage that. Living is the trick.

God gave Davie Cooper a talent. He would not be disappointed with how it was used

The main thing in a cup tie is to get through.

At Rangers you are never more than 2 defeats away from a crisis!