I’m a people’s man – only the people matter.
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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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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If Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I’d draw the curtains.
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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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Tommy Smith wasn’t born, he was quarried.
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Its great grass at Anfield, professional grass.
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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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Train the right way. Help each other. It’s a form of socialism without the politics.
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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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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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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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Pressure is not the European Cup or the Championship or the Cup Final. That’s the reward.
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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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The problem with you, son, is that all your brains are in your head. (to a Liverpool trainee)
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With him in defense, we could play Arthur Askey in goal. (after signing Ron Yeats)
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The difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!
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