A lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are.
BILL SHANKLYWell 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.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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Football is a simple game based on the giving and taking of passes, of controlling the ball and of making yourself available to receive a pass. It is terribly simple.
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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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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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We absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4.
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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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What a great day for football, all we need is some green grass and a ball.
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The difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!
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I don’t drop players. I make changes.
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Tommy Smith wasn’t born, he was quarried.
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If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
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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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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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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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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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Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
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