A lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are.
BILL SHANKLYThe problem with you, son, is that all your brains are in your head. (to a Liverpool trainee)
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
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The best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)
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Its great grass at Anfield, professional grass.
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If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
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Well the Kop’s exclusive. The Spion Kop at Liverpool is an institution. And if you are a member of the Kop you feel as if you are a member of a big society where you’ve got thousands of friends all roundabout you. And they’re united and loyal.
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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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Which is the greatest quality of all. He was a true Liverpudlian who couldn’t look his fellow Scousers in the face after a game unless he’d given everything he had for 90 minutes.
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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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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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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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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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Chairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength.
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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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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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Pressure is not the European Cup or the Championship or the Cup Final. That’s the reward.
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