I’m a people’s man – only the people matter.
BILL SHANKLYI was the best manager in Britain because I was never devious or cheated anyone. I’d break my wife’s legs if I played against her, but I’d never cheat her.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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Although I’m a Scot, I’d be proud to be called a Scouser.
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With him in defense, we could play Arthur Askey in goal. (after signing Ron Yeats)
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Chairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength.
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We absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4.
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My life is my work. My work is my life
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I never drop a player I only make changes.
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I don’t drop players. I make changes.
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If he isn’t named footballer of the year, football should be stopped and the men who picked any other player should be sent to Kremlin. (on Tommy Smith)
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First is first,Second is nothing
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If you can’t support us when we lose or draw, don’t support us when we win
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If Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I’d draw the curtains.
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Just go out and drop a few hand grenades all over the place, son. (to Kevin Keegan)
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The best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)
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What can you do, playing against eleven goalposts? (after 0-0 draw at Anfield)
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My idea was to build Liverpool into a bastion of invincibility. Had Napoleon had that idea he would have conquered the bloody world.
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Me having no education. I had to use my brains.
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He’s not just the best centre-forward in the British Isles, but the only one. (about Ian St John)
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Aim for the sky and you’ll reach the ceiling. Aim for the ceiling and you’ll stay on the floor.
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Forget the Beatles and all the rest. This is the real Liverpool sound. It’s real singing, and it’s what the Kop is all about.
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Above all, I would like to be remembered as a man who was selfless, who strove and worried so that others could share the glory, and who built up a family of people who could hold their heads up high and say ‘We’re Liverpool’.
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The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.
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Football is a simple game based on the giving and taking of passes, of controlling the ball and of making yourself available to receive a pass. It is terribly simple.
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Which is the greatest quality of all. He was a true Liverpudlian who couldn’t look his fellow Scousers in the face after a game unless he’d given everything he had for 90 minutes.
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For a player to be good enough to play for Liverpool, he must be prepared to run through a brick wall for me then come out fighting on the other side.
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I was in the game for the love of football – and I wanted to bring back happiness to the people of Liverpool.
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Fire in your belly comes from pride and passion in wearing the red shirt.
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