A football team is like a piano. You need eight men to carry it and three who can play the damn thing.
BILL SHANKLYThe best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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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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Pressure is not the European Cup or the Championship or the Cup Final. That’s the reward.
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If Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I’d draw the curtains.
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The difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!
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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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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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With him in defense, we could play Arthur Askey in goal. (after signing Ron Yeats)
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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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Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
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If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
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If you can’t support us when we lose or draw, don’t support us when we win
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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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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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Ian Callaghan will go down as one of the game’s truly great players.
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The best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)
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