If Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I’d draw the curtains.
BILL SHANKLYI’m a people’s man – only the people matter.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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My life is my work. My work is my life
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Although I’m a Scot, I’d be proud to be called a Scouser.
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I never drop a player I only make changes.
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Me having no education. I had to use my brains.
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Fire in your belly comes from pride and passion in wearing the red shirt.
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Pressure is not the European Cup or the Championship or the Cup Final. That’s the reward.
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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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My idea was to build Liverpool into a bastion of invincibility. Had Napoleon had that idea he would have conquered the bloody world.
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I would have played Tom Finney in his overcoat – there would have been four men marking him when we were kickin’ in.
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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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Of 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.
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First is first,Second is nothing
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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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The problem with you, son, is that all your brains are in your head. (to a Liverpool trainee)
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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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