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
BILL SHANKLYIan Callaghan will go down as one of the game’s truly great players.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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He wasn’t flashy and he wouldn’t score you goals. But he was hard and skilful and gave you everything he had. More than that he was totally honest.
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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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Chairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength.
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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 never drop a player I only make changes.
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I was in the game for the love of football – and I wanted to bring back happiness to the people of Liverpool.
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He’s not just the best centre-forward in the British Isles, but the only one. (about Ian St John)
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If Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I’d draw the curtains.
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My life is my work. My work is my life
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A lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are.
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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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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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Train the right way. Help each other. It’s a form of socialism without the politics.
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If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
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