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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Of course I didn’t take my wife to see Rochdale as an anniversary present. It was her birthday and would I have got married during the football season? Anyway, it was Rochdale reserves.
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It’s a 90 minute game for sure. In fact I used to train for a 190 minute game so that when the whistle blew at the end of the match I could have played another 90 minutes.
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What can you do, playing against eleven goalposts? (after 0-0 draw at Anfield)
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Chairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength.
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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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If a man….who’s playing in front of the public, is being well paid, and he doesn’t dedicate himself to the job, I’d be hard on him. If I could I would put him in jail, out of the road of society. Because he’s a menace
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I’ve had many skilful men and the likes of Peter Thompson, Ian St John, Kevin Keegan and Steve Heighway were the ones who caught the eye. But the best professional of the lot was Gerry Byrne.
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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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When I’ve got nothing better to do, I look down the league table to see how Everton are getting along.
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Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
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The problem with you, son, is that all your brains are in your head. (to a Liverpool trainee)
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The best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)
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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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The very word ‘Anfield’ means more to me than I can describe.
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The difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!
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