The problem with you, son, is that all your brains are in your head. (to a Liverpool trainee)
BILL SHANKLYI was in the game for the love of football – and I wanted to bring back happiness to the people of Liverpool.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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The very word ‘Anfield’ means more to me than I can describe.
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We 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.
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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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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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Pressure is not the European Cup or the Championship or the Cup Final. That’s the reward.
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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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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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Fire in your belly comes from pride and passion in wearing the red shirt.
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The best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)
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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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Above all, I would like to be remembered as a man who was selfless, who strove and worried so that others could share the glory, and who built up a family of people who could hold their heads up high and say ‘We’re Liverpool’.
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Chairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength.
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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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If you can’t support us when we lose or draw, don’t support us when we win
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Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
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