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 SHANKLYJust go out and drop a few hand grenades all over the place, son. (to Kevin Keegan)
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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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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I never drop a player I only make changes.
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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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Ian Callaghan will go down as one of the game’s truly great players.
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The difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!
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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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With him in defense, we could play Arthur Askey in goal. (after signing Ron Yeats)
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I don’t drop players. I make changes.
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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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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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Pressure is not the European Cup or the Championship or the Cup Final. That’s the reward.
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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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We absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4.
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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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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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