Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it’s much more serious than that.
BILL SHANKLYThe best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
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I wanted Liverpool to be untouchable. My idea was to build Liverpool up and up until eventually everyone would have to submit and give in.
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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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Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
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What can you do, playing against eleven goalposts? (after 0-0 draw at Anfield)
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Ian Callaghan will go down as one of the game’s truly great players.
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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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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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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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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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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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The very word ‘Anfield’ means more to me than I can describe.
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Just go out and drop a few hand grenades all over the place, son. (to Kevin Keegan)
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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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