Football is a simple game based on the giving and taking of passes, of controlling the ball and of making yourself available to receive a pass. It is terribly simple.
BILL SHANKLYFire in your belly comes from pride and passion in wearing the red shirt.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.
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Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
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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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We absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4.
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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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The problem with you, son, is that all your brains are in your head. (to a Liverpool trainee)
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Me having no education. I had to use my brains.
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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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If Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I’d draw the curtains.
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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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If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
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Its great grass at Anfield, professional grass.
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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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He’s not just the best centre-forward in the British Isles, but the only one. (about Ian St John)
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Tommy Smith wasn’t born, he was quarried.
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