If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
BILL SHANKLYWhich 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.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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The difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!
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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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The Spurs boss is an honest Yorkshireman and you will go a long way before finding a straighter character than that. Bill has never wavered in his determination to give White Hart Lane fans the best.
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What can you do, playing against eleven goalposts? (after 0-0 draw at Anfield)
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If Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I’d draw the curtains.
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The problem with you, son, is that all your brains are in your head. (to a Liverpool trainee)
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The best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)
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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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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’.
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Football is a simple game made complicated by people who should know better.
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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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The socialism I believe in isn’t really politics. It is a way of living. It is humanity. I believe the only way to live and to be truly successful is by collective effort, with everyone working for each other,.
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This city has two great teams – Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.
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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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Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
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