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 SHANKLYThe very word ‘Anfield’ means more to me than I can describe.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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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’ve been a slave to football. It follows you home, it follows you everywhere, and eats into your family life. But every working man misses out on some things because of his job.
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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 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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Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
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Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
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With him in defense, we could play Arthur Askey in goal. (after signing Ron Yeats)
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The difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!
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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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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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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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This city has two great teams – Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.
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We absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4.
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Me having no education. I had to use my brains.
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I was in the game for the love of football – and I wanted to bring back happiness to the people of Liverpool.
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