Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
BILL SHANKLYAlthough I’m a Scot, I’d be proud to be called a Scouser.
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I don’t drop players. I make changes.
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The best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)
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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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Its great grass at Anfield, professional grass.
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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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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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Football is a simple game made complicated by people who should know better.
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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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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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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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Although I’m a Scot, I’d be proud to be called a Scouser.
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Tommy Smith wasn’t born, he was quarried.
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With him in defense, we could play Arthur Askey in goal. (after signing Ron Yeats)
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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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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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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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What a great day for football, all we need is some green grass and a ball.
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I’ve had many skilful men and the likes of Peter Thompson, Ian St John, Kevin Keegan and Steve Heighway were the ones who caught the eye. But the best professional of the lot was Gerry Byrne.
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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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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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Pressure is not the European Cup or the Championship or the Cup Final. That’s the reward.
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We absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4.
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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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Ian Callaghan will go down as one of the game’s truly great players.
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I never drop a player I only make changes.
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