I have been received more warmly by Everton than I have by Liverpool. It is scandalous that I should have to write these things about the club that I helped build into what it is today.
BILL SHANKLYMy idea was to build Liverpool into a bastion of invincibility. Had Napoleon had that idea he would have conquered the bloody world.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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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 difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!
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Just go out and drop a few hand grenades all over the place, son. (to Kevin Keegan)
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It’s to remind our lads who they’re playing for, and to remind the opposition who they’re playing against. (on the ‘This Anfield’ plaque)
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If a man….who’s playing in front of the public, is being well paid, and he doesn’t dedicate himself to the job, I’d be hard on him. If I could I would put him in jail, out of the road of society. Because he’s a menace
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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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We absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4.
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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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First is first,Second is nothing
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I never drop a player I only make changes.
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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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What can you do, playing against eleven goalposts? (after 0-0 draw at Anfield)
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Ian Callaghan will go down as one of the game’s truly great players.
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Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
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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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