Pressure is not the European Cup or the Championship or the Cup Final. That’s the reward.
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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This city has two great teams – Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.
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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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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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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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Just go out and drop a few hand grenades all over the place, son. (to Kevin Keegan)
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The difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!
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I was in the game for the love of football – and I wanted to bring back happiness to the people of Liverpool.
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I’m a people’s man – only the people matter.
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Although I’m a Scot, I’d be proud to be called a Scouser.
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Ian Callaghan will go down as one of the game’s truly great players.
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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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What can you do, playing against eleven goalposts? (after 0-0 draw at Anfield)
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The very word ‘Anfield’ means more to me than I can describe.
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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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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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