Although I’m a Scot, I’d be proud to be called a Scouser.
BILL SHANKLYI was the best manager in Britain because I was never devious or cheated anyone. I’d break my wife’s legs if I played against her, but I’d never cheat her.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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Above all, I would like to be remembered as a man who was selfless, who strove and worried so that others could share the glory, and who built up a family of people who could hold their heads up high and say ‘We’re Liverpool’.
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Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
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The difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!
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He’s not just the best centre-forward in the British Isles, but the only one. (about Ian St John)
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Football is a simple game made complicated by people who should know better.
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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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Its great grass at Anfield, professional grass.
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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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My idea was to build Liverpool into a bastion of invincibility. Had Napoleon had that idea he would have conquered the bloody world.
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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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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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Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
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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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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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