The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.
BILL SHANKLYFor 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.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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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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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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Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
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Although I’m a Scot, I’d be proud to be called a Scouser.
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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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Fire in your belly comes from pride and passion in wearing the red shirt.
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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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It’s a 90 minute game for sure. In fact I used to train for a 190 minute game so that when the whistle blew at the end of the match I could have played another 90 minutes.
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Me having no education. I had to use my brains.
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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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If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
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Chairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength.
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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 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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