My idea was to build Liverpool into a bastion of invincibility. Had Napoleon had that idea he would have conquered the bloody world.
BILL SHANKLYMy 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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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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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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The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.
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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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Football is a simple game made complicated by people who should know better.
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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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The very word ‘Anfield’ means more to me than I can describe.
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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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Ian Callaghan will go down as one of the game’s truly great players.
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If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
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I’ve been a slave to football. It follows you home, it follows you everywhere, and eats into your family life. But every working man misses out on some things because of his job.
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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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What can you do, playing against eleven goalposts? (after 0-0 draw at Anfield)
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If Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I’d draw the curtains.
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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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