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 SHANKLYIf Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I’d draw the curtains.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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I don’t drop players. I make changes.
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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 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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He’s not just the best centre-forward in the British Isles, but the only one. (about Ian St John)
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With him in defense, we could play Arthur Askey in goal. (after signing Ron Yeats)
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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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The difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!
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If Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I’d draw the curtains.
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Chairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength.
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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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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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Football is a simple game made complicated by people who should know better.
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This city has two great teams – Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.
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What can you do, playing against eleven goalposts? (after 0-0 draw at Anfield)
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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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