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.
BILL SHANKLYFirst is first,Second is nothing
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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Tommy Smith wasn’t born, he was quarried.
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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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I’m a people’s man – only the people matter.
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If Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I’d draw the curtains.
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Me having no education. I had to use my brains.
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Which is the greatest quality of all. He was a true Liverpudlian who couldn’t look his fellow Scousers in the face after a game unless he’d given everything he had for 90 minutes.
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With him in defense, we could play Arthur Askey in goal. (after signing Ron Yeats)
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We don’t need to motivate players because each of them is responsible for the performance of the team as a whole. The status of Liverpool’s players keeps them motivated.
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It’s a 90 minute game for sure. In fact I used to train for a 190 minute game so that when the whistle blew at the end of the match I could have played another 90 minutes.
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The socialism I believe in isn’t really politics. It is a way of living. It is humanity. I believe the only way to live and to be truly successful is by collective effort, with everyone working for each other,.
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When I’ve got nothing better to do, I look down the league table to see how Everton are getting along.
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I never drop a player I only make changes.
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Train the right way. Help each other. It’s a form of socialism without the politics.
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The very word ‘Anfield’ means more to me than I can describe.
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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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