Just go out and drop a few hand grenades all over the place, son. (to Kevin Keegan)
BILL SHANKLYIf you can’t support us when we lose or draw, don’t support us when we win
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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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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The difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!
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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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What a great day for football, all we need is some green grass and a ball.
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I don’t drop players. I make changes.
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Ian Callaghan will go down as one of the game’s truly great players.
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Fire in your belly comes from pride and passion in wearing the red shirt.
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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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Tommy Smith wasn’t born, he was quarried.
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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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A football team is like a piano. You need eight men to carry it and three who can play the damn thing.
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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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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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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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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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