He’s not just the best centre-forward in the British Isles, but the only one. (about Ian St John)
BILL SHANKLYA lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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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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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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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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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’m a people’s man – only the people matter.
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This city has two great teams – Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.
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Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
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Football is a simple game based on the giving and taking of passes, of controlling the ball and of making yourself available to receive a pass. It is terribly simple.
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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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My life is my work. My work is my life
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Football is a simple game made complicated by people who should know better.
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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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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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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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Just go out and drop a few hand grenades all over the place, son. (to Kevin Keegan)
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