Ian Callaghan will go down as one of the game’s truly great players.
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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The problem with you, son, is that all your brains are in your head. (to a Liverpool trainee)
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For a player to be good enough to play for Liverpool, he must be prepared to run through a brick wall for me then come out fighting on the other side.
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I 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.
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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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The very word ‘Anfield’ means more to me than I can describe.
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I don’t drop players. I make changes.
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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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The best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)
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This city has two great teams – Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.
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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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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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We don’t need to motivate players because each of them is responsible for the performance of the team as a whole. The status of Liverpool’s players keeps them motivated.
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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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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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If you get to the edge of the penalty area with the ball and don’t know what to do next, just stick the ball in the net for now. We can evaluate the other options later.
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