If you can’t support us when we lose or draw, don’t support us when we win
BILL SHANKLYOf course I didn’t take my wife to see Rochdale as an anniversary present. It was her birthday and would I have got married during the football season? Anyway, it was Rochdale reserves.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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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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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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If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
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Well the Kop’s exclusive. The Spion Kop at Liverpool is an institution. And if you are a member of the Kop you feel as if you are a member of a big society where you’ve got thousands of friends all roundabout you. And they’re united and loyal.
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I was the best manager in Britain because I was never devious or cheated anyone. I’d break my wife’s legs if I played against her, but I’d never cheat her.
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What can you do, playing against eleven goalposts? (after 0-0 draw at Anfield)
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With him in defense, we could play Arthur Askey in goal. (after signing Ron Yeats)
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My life is my work. My work is my life
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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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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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Tommy Smith wasn’t born, he was quarried.
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The very word ‘Anfield’ means more to me than I can describe.
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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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Although I’m a Scot, I’d be proud to be called a Scouser.
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I wanted Liverpool to be untouchable. My idea was to build Liverpool up and up until eventually everyone would have to submit and give in.
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