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’.
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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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 problem with you, son, is that all your brains are in your head. (to a Liverpool trainee)
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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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Fire in your belly comes from pride and passion in wearing the red shirt.
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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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If you can’t support us when we lose or draw, don’t support us when we win
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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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Me having no education. I had to use my brains.
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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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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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My life is my work. My work is my life
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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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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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Although I’m a Scot, I’d be proud to be called a Scouser.
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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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If Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I’d draw the curtains.
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This city has two great teams – Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.
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I don’t drop players. I make changes.
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If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
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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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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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Tommy Smith wasn’t born, he was quarried.
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The very word ‘Anfield’ means more to me than I can describe.
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First is first,Second is nothing
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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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I’m a people’s man – only the people matter.
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