The problem with you, son, is that all your brains are in your head. (to a Liverpool trainee)
BILL SHANKLYHe’s not just the best centre-forward in the British Isles, but the only one. (about Ian St John)
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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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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The very word ‘Anfield’ means more to me than I can describe.
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Its great grass at Anfield, professional grass.
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Me having no education. I had to use my brains.
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Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
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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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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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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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Ian Callaghan will go down as one of the game’s truly great players.
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What can you do, playing against eleven goalposts? (after 0-0 draw at Anfield)
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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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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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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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I’ve had many skilful men and the likes of Peter Thompson, Ian St John, Kevin Keegan and Steve Heighway were the ones who caught the eye. But the best professional of the lot was Gerry Byrne.
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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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