I’m a people’s man – only the people matter.
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 Spurs boss is an honest Yorkshireman and you will go a long way before finding a straighter character than that. Bill has never wavered in his determination to give White Hart Lane fans the best.
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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 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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First is first,Second is nothing
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Football is a simple game made complicated by people who should know better.
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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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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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The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.
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The very word ‘Anfield’ means more to me than I can describe.
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If he isn’t named footballer of the year, football should be stopped and the men who picked any other player should be sent to Kremlin. (on Tommy Smith)
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I don’t drop players. I make changes.
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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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Just go out and drop a few hand grenades all over the place, son. (to Kevin Keegan)
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The best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)
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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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