Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
BILL SHANKLYThe difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!
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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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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Me having no education. I had to use my brains.
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The best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)
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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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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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I never drop a player I only make changes.
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The difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!
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My life is my work. My work is my life
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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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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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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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If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
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A lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are.
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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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