Above all, I would like to be remembered as a man who was selfless, who strove and worried so that others could share the glory, and who built up a family of people who could hold their heads up high and say ‘We’re Liverpool’.
BILL SHANKLYFire in your belly comes from pride and passion in wearing the red shirt.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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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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Ian Callaghan will go down as one of the game’s truly great players.
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If Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I’d draw the curtains.
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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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Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
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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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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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Tommy Smith wasn’t born, he was quarried.
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I’m a people’s man – only the people matter.
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If he isn’t named footballer of the year, football should be stopped and the men who picked any other player should be sent to Kremlin. (on Tommy Smith)
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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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If you get to the edge of the penalty area with the ball and don’t know what to do next, just stick the ball in the net for now. We can evaluate the other options later.
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Aim for the sky and you’ll reach the ceiling. Aim for the ceiling and you’ll stay on the floor.
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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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