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)
BILL SHANKLYA football team is like a piano. You need eight men to carry it and three who can play the damn thing.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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Tommy Smith wasn’t born, he was quarried.
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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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Although I’m a Scot, I’d be proud to be called a Scouser.
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Forget the Beatles and all the rest. This is the real Liverpool sound. It’s real singing, and it’s what the Kop is all about.
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I would have played Tom Finney in his overcoat – there would have been four men marking him when we were kickin’ in.
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The best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)
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If Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I’d draw the curtains.
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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’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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Which is the greatest quality of all. He was a true Liverpudlian who couldn’t look his fellow Scousers in the face after a game unless he’d given everything he had for 90 minutes.
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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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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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It’s to remind our lads who they’re playing for, and to remind the opposition who they’re playing against. (on the ‘This Anfield’ plaque)
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I was the best manager in Britain because I was never devious or cheated anyone. I’d break my wife’s legs if I played against her, but I’d never cheat her.
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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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