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.
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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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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Train the right way. Help each other. It’s a form of socialism without the politics.
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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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Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
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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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I’ve been a slave to football. It follows you home, it follows you everywhere, and eats into your family life. But every working man misses out on some things because of his job.
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I never drop a player I only make changes.
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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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Although I’m a Scot, I’d be proud to be called a Scouser.
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Fire in your belly comes from pride and passion in wearing the red shirt.
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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 not the European Cup or the Championship or the Cup Final. That’s the reward.
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I’m a people’s man – only the people matter.
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