The very word ‘Anfield’ means more to me than I can describe.
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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Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
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The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.
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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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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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What can you do, playing against eleven goalposts? (after 0-0 draw at Anfield)
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The best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)
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Which is the greatest quality of all. He was a true Liverpudlian who couldn’t look his fellow Scousers in the face after a game unless he’d given everything he had for 90 minutes.
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Aim for the sky and you’ll reach the ceiling. Aim for the ceiling and you’ll stay on the floor.
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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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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 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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I’m a people’s man – only the people matter.
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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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Chairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength.
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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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