First is first,Second is nothing
BILL SHANKLYFootball 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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A lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are.
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Although I’m a Scot, I’d be proud to be called a Scouser.
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The difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!
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My life is my work. My work is my life
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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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If Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I’d draw the curtains.
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Pressure is working down the pit. Pressure is having no work at all. Pressure is trying to escape relegation on 50 shillings a week.
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If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
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Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
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I would have played Tom Finney in his overcoat – there would have been four men marking him when we were kickin’ in.
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I have been received more warmly by Everton than I have by Liverpool. It is scandalous that I should have to write these things about the club that I helped build into what it is today.
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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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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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If you can’t support us when we lose or draw, don’t support us when we win
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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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