First is first,Second is nothing
BILL SHANKLYTommy Smith wasn’t born, he was quarried.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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Me having no education. I had to use my brains.
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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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Pressure is not the European Cup or the Championship or the Cup Final. That’s the reward.
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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
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The difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!
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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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For a player to be good enough to play for Liverpool, he must be prepared to run through a brick wall for me then come out fighting on the other side.
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I’ve had many skilful men and the likes of Peter Thompson, Ian St John, Kevin Keegan and Steve Heighway were the ones who caught the eye. But the best professional of the lot was Gerry Byrne.
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Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
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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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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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Train the right way. Help each other. It’s a form of socialism without the politics.
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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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A football team is like a piano. You need eight men to carry it and three who can play the damn thing.
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If you can’t support us when we lose or draw, don’t support us when we win
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