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.
BILL SHANKLYFootball (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
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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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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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If you can’t support us when we lose or draw, don’t support us when we win
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I’ve had many skilful men and the likes of Peter Thompson, Ian St John, Kevin Keegan and Steve Heighway were the ones who caught the eye. But the best professional of the lot was Gerry Byrne.
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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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It’s a 90 minute game for sure. In fact I used to train for a 190 minute game so that when the whistle blew at the end of the match I could have played another 90 minutes.
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Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
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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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Although I’m a Scot, I’d be proud to be called a Scouser.
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What a great day for football, all we need is some green grass and a ball.
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Me having no education. I had to use my brains.
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We absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4.
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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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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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