A lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are.
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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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 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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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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If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
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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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Me having no education. I had to use my brains.
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It’s to remind our lads who they’re playing for, and to remind the opposition who they’re playing against. (on the ‘This Anfield’ plaque)
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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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The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.
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He wasn’t flashy and he wouldn’t score you goals. But he was hard and skilful and gave you everything he had. More than that he was totally honest.
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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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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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If you can’t support us when we lose or draw, don’t support us when we win
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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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Its great grass at Anfield, professional grass.
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