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.
BILL SHANKLYI wanted Liverpool to be untouchable. My idea was to build Liverpool up and up until eventually everyone would have to submit and give in.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
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Ian Callaghan will go down as one of the game’s truly great players.
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I never drop a player I only make changes.
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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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The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.
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What a great day for football, all we need is some green grass and a ball.
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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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I’m a people’s man – only the people matter.
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The Spurs boss is an honest Yorkshireman and you will go a long way before finding a straighter character than that. Bill has never wavered in his determination to give White Hart Lane fans the best.
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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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I would have played Tom Finney in his overcoat – there would have been four men marking him when we were kickin’ in.
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Although I’m a Scot, I’d be proud to be called a Scouser.
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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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Me having no education. I had to use my brains.
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First is first,Second is nothing
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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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He’s not just the best centre-forward in the British Isles, but the only one. (about Ian St John)
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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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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 very word ‘Anfield’ means more to me than I can describe.
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If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
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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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What can you do, playing against eleven goalposts? (after 0-0 draw at Anfield)
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I 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.
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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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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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