Just go out and drop a few hand grenades all over the place, son. (to Kevin Keegan)
BILL SHANKLYPressure is working down the pit. Pressure is having no work at all. Pressure is trying to escape relegation on 50 shillings a week.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
-
-
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 SHANKLY -
If a man….who’s playing in front of the public, is being well paid, and he doesn’t dedicate himself to the job, I’d be hard on him. If I could I would put him in jail, out of the road of society. Because he’s a menace
BILL SHANKLY -
A lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are.
BILL SHANKLY -
I don’t drop players. I make changes.
BILL SHANKLY -
I was in the game for the love of football – and I wanted to bring back happiness to the people of Liverpool.
BILL SHANKLY -
Football is a simple game made complicated by people who should know better.
BILL SHANKLY -
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.
BILL SHANKLY -
Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it’s much more serious than that.
BILL SHANKLY -
Although I’m a Scot, I’d be proud to be called a Scouser.
BILL SHANKLY -
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.
BILL SHANKLY -
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.
BILL SHANKLY -
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)
BILL SHANKLY -
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.
BILL SHANKLY -
The very word ‘Anfield’ means more to me than I can describe.
BILL SHANKLY -
Tommy Smith wasn’t born, he was quarried.
BILL SHANKLY