Ian Callaghan will go down as one of the game’s truly great players.
BILL SHANKLYAlthough I’m a Scot, I’d be proud to be called a Scouser.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
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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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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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Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
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What a great day for football, all we need is some green grass and a ball.
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He wasn’t flashy and he wouldn’t score you goals. But he was hard and skilful and gave you everything he had. More than that he was totally honest.
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At a football club, there’s a holy trinity – the players, the manager and the supporters. Directors don’t come into it. They are only there to sign the checks.
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I never drop a player I only make changes.
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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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He’s not just the best centre-forward in the British Isles, but the only one. (about Ian St John)
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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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The problem with you, son, is that all your brains are in your head. (to a Liverpool trainee)
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What can you do, playing against eleven goalposts? (after 0-0 draw at Anfield)
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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 don’t drop players. I make changes.
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