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
BILL SHANKLYHe 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.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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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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Chairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength.
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Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
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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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Above all, I would like to be remembered as a man who was selfless, who strove and worried so that others could share the glory, and who built up a family of people who could hold their heads up high and say ‘We’re Liverpool’.
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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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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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The socialism I believe in isn’t really politics. It is a way of living. It is humanity. I believe the only way to live and to be truly successful is by collective effort, with everyone working for each other,.
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Of course I didn’t take my wife to see Rochdale as an anniversary present. It was her birthday and would I have got married during the football season? Anyway, it was Rochdale reserves.
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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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When I’ve got nothing better to do, I look down the league table to see how Everton are getting along.
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Train the right way. Help each other. It’s a form of socialism without the politics.
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The best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)
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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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