First is first,Second is nothing
BILL SHANKLYSome people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it’s much more serious than that.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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I would have played Tom Finney in his overcoat – there would have been four men marking him when we were kickin’ in.
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For a player to be good enough to play for Liverpool, he must be prepared to run through a brick wall for me then come out fighting on the other side.
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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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Me having no education. I had to use my brains.
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I never drop a player I only make changes.
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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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Forget the Beatles and all the rest. This is the real Liverpool sound. It’s real singing, and it’s what the Kop is all about.
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Tommy Smith wasn’t born, he was quarried.
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The difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!
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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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Pressure is working down the pit. Pressure is having no work at all. Pressure is trying to escape relegation on 50 shillings a week.
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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.
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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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My life is my work. My work is my life
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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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