I’m a people’s man – only the people matter.
BILL SHANKLYFootball 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.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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If a man….who’s playing in front of the public, is being well paid, and he doesn’t dedicate himself to the job, I’d be hard on him. If I could I would put him in jail, out of the road of society. Because he’s a menace
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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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The difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!
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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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Tommy Smith wasn’t born, he was quarried.
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Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
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I never drop a player I only make changes.
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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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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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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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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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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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The best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)
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If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
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My life is my work. My work is my life
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