Ian Callaghan will go down as one of the game’s truly great players.
BILL SHANKLYIt’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)
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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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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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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I’m a people’s man – only the people matter.
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Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
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Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it’s much more serious than that.
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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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Fire in your belly comes from pride and passion in wearing the red shirt.
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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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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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The difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!
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What can you do, playing against eleven goalposts? (after 0-0 draw at Anfield)
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If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
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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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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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Although I’m a Scot, I’d be proud to be called a Scouser.
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