The Spurs boss is an honest Yorkshireman and you will go a long way before finding a straighter character than that. Bill has never wavered in his determination to give White Hart Lane fans the best.
BILL SHANKLYFootball (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
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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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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Me having no education. I had to use my brains.
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I wanted Liverpool to be untouchable. My idea was to build Liverpool up and up until eventually everyone would have to submit and give in.
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It’s to remind our lads who they’re playing for, and to remind the opposition who they’re playing against. (on the ‘This Anfield’ plaque)
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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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We absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4.
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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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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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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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With him in defense, we could play Arthur Askey in goal. (after signing Ron Yeats)
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Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
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Well the Kop’s exclusive. The Spion Kop at Liverpool is an institution. And if you are a member of the Kop you feel as if you are a member of a big society where you’ve got thousands of friends all roundabout you. And they’re united and loyal.
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I don’t drop players. I make changes.
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Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
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