I’ve had many skilful men and the likes of Peter Thompson, Ian St John, Kevin Keegan and Steve Heighway were the ones who caught the eye. But the best professional of the lot was Gerry Byrne.
BILL SHANKLYIf Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I’d draw the curtains.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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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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Fire in your belly comes from pride and passion in wearing the red shirt.
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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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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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The very word ‘Anfield’ means more to me than I can describe.
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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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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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A football team is like a piano. You need eight men to carry it and three who can play the damn thing.
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My life is my work. My work is my life
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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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I’m a people’s man – only the people matter.
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If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
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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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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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We absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4.
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