Ian Callaghan will go down as one of the game’s truly great players.
BILL SHANKLYI’ve had many skilful men and the likes of Peter Thompson, Ian St John, Kevin Keegan and Steve Heighway were the ones who caught the eye. But the best professional of the lot was Gerry Byrne.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
-
-
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 SHANKLY -
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.
BILL SHANKLY -
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.
BILL SHANKLY -
My life is my work. My work is my life
BILL SHANKLY -
Although I’m a Scot, I’d be proud to be called a Scouser.
BILL SHANKLY -
He’s not just the best centre-forward in the British Isles, but the only one. (about Ian St John)
BILL SHANKLY -
A football team is like a piano. You need eight men to carry it and three who can play the damn thing.
BILL SHANKLY -
Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
BILL SHANKLY -
The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.
BILL SHANKLY -
Tommy Smith wasn’t born, he was quarried.
BILL SHANKLY -
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.
BILL SHANKLY -
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 SHANKLY -
This city has two great teams – Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.
BILL SHANKLY -
If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
BILL SHANKLY -
Football is a simple game based on the giving and taking of passes, of controlling the ball and of making yourself available to receive a pass. It is terribly simple.
BILL SHANKLY