I never drop a player I only make changes.
BILL SHANKLYIts great grass at Anfield, professional grass.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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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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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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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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Of course I didn’t take my wife to see Rochdale as an anniversary present. It was her birthday and would I have got married during the football season? Anyway, it was Rochdale reserves.
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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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Fire in your belly comes from pride and passion in wearing the red shirt.
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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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The Spurs boss is an honest Yorkshireman and you will go a long way before finding a straighter character than that. Bill has never wavered in his determination to give White Hart Lane fans the best.
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If Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I’d draw the curtains.
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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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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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This city has two great teams – Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.
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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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The difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!
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What can you do, playing against eleven goalposts? (after 0-0 draw at Anfield)
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