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.
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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We absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4.
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If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
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Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
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If he isn’t named footballer of the year, football should be stopped and the men who picked any other player should be sent to Kremlin. (on Tommy Smith)
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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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The problem with you, son, is that all your brains are in your head. (to a Liverpool trainee)
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The best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)
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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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Fire in your belly comes from pride and passion in wearing the red shirt.
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I’ve been a slave to football. It follows you home, it follows you everywhere, and eats into your family life. But every working man misses out on some things because of his job.
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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 trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.
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With him in defense, we could play Arthur Askey in goal. (after signing Ron Yeats)
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Me having no education. I had to use my brains.
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I’m a people’s man – only the people matter.
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