This city has two great teams – Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.
BILL SHANKLYI 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.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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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 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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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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I don’t drop players. I make changes.
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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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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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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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Train the right way. Help each other. It’s a form of socialism without the politics.
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Football is a simple game made complicated by people who should know better.
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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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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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Chairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength.
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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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