With him in defense, we could play Arthur Askey in goal. (after signing Ron Yeats)
BILL SHANKLYWhat a great day for football, all we need is some green grass and a ball.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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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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Just go out and drop a few hand grenades all over the place, son. (to Kevin Keegan)
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Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it’s much more serious than that.
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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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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 problem with you, son, is that all your brains are in your head. (to a Liverpool trainee)
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Tommy Smith wasn’t born, he was quarried.
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We don’t need to motivate players because each of them is responsible for the performance of the team as a whole. The status of Liverpool’s players keeps them motivated.
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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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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.
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At a football club, there’s a holy trinity – the players, the manager and the supporters. Directors don’t come into it. They are only there to sign the checks.
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What a great day for football, all we need is some green grass and a ball.
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Train the right way. Help each other. It’s a form of socialism without the politics.
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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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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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