The late, great, Walter Smith was not often a man lost for words - whether that be inspiring his players in the dressing room or giving Chick Young the sharp side of his tongue after an ill-advised question.
It's also fair to say that the man who won 10 league titles as Rangers manager and took a side featuring Filip Sebo and Kirk Broadfoot to the 2008 UEFA Cup final held a belief his side could beat anyone.
Those traits, combined with a deep knowledge of the game, are probably why Ibrox boss Graeme Souness sent his assistant to Serbia to scout Red Star ahead of a European Cup meeting between the two sides in 1991.
