If Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I’d draw the curtains.
BILL SHANKLYWe don’t need to motivate players because each of them is responsible for the performance of the team as a whole. The status of Liverpool’s players keeps them motivated.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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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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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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The best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)
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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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The difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!
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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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Which 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.
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Chairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength.
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The very word ‘Anfield’ means more to me than I can describe.
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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.
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Tommy Smith wasn’t born, he was quarried.
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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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With him in defense, we could play Arthur Askey in goal. (after signing Ron Yeats)
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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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Pressure is not the European Cup or the Championship or the Cup Final. That’s the reward.
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