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 SHANKLYIan Callaghan will go down as one of the game’s truly great players.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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The difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!
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Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
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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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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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Pressure is not the European Cup or the Championship or the Cup Final. That’s the reward.
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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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My idea was to build Liverpool into a bastion of invincibility. Had Napoleon had that idea he would have conquered the bloody world.
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Well the Kop’s exclusive. The Spion Kop at Liverpool is an institution. And if you are a member of the Kop you feel as if you are a member of a big society where you’ve got thousands of friends all roundabout you. And they’re united and loyal.
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Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it’s much more serious than that.
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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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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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The best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)
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Me having no education. I had to use my brains.
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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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I never drop a player I only make changes.
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