Aim for the sky and you’ll reach the ceiling. Aim for the ceiling and you’ll stay on the floor.
BILL SHANKLYIan Callaghan will go down as one of the game’s truly great players.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
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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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Fire in your belly comes from pride and passion in wearing the red shirt.
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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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He’s not just the best centre-forward in the British Isles, but the only one. (about Ian St John)
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The difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!
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The best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)
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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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Pressure is not the European Cup or the Championship or the Cup Final. That’s the reward.
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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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He wasn’t flashy and he wouldn’t score you goals. But he was hard and skilful and gave you everything he had. More than that he was totally honest.
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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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I never drop a player I only make changes.
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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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