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.
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.
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I never drop a player I only make changes.
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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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What can you do, playing against eleven goalposts? (after 0-0 draw at Anfield)
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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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The difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!
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Its great grass at Anfield, professional grass.
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Well the Kop’s exclusive. The Spion Kop at Liverpool is an institution. And if you are a member of the Kop you feel as if you are a member of a big society where you’ve got thousands of friends all roundabout you. And they’re united and loyal.
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Just go out and drop a few hand grenades all over the place, son. (to Kevin Keegan)
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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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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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First is first,Second is nothing
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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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We absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4.
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With him in defense, we could play Arthur Askey in goal. (after signing Ron Yeats)
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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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Chairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength.
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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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Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
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Me having no education. I had to use my brains.
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I’m a people’s man – only the people matter.
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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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If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
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The best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)
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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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If he isn’t named footballer of the year, football should be stopped and the men who picked any other player should be sent to Kremlin. (on Tommy Smith)
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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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