The problem with you, son, is that all your brains are in your head. (to a Liverpool trainee)
BILL SHANKLYThe problem with you, son, is that all your brains are in your head. (to a Liverpool trainee)
BILL SHANKLYAlthough I’m a Scot, I’d be proud to be called a Scouser.
BILL SHANKLYFirst is first,Second is nothing
BILL SHANKLYWhat a great day for football, all we need is some green grass and a ball.
BILL SHANKLYThe difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!
BILL SHANKLYIt’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)
BILL SHANKLYWhat can you do, playing against eleven goalposts? (after 0-0 draw at Anfield)
BILL SHANKLYPressure is working down the pit. Pressure is having no work at all. Pressure is trying to escape relegation on 50 shillings a week.
BILL SHANKLYAbove 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’.
BILL SHANKLYFootball is a simple game made complicated by people who should know better.
BILL SHANKLYChairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength.
BILL SHANKLYHe 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.
BILL SHANKLYThis city has two great teams – Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.
BILL SHANKLYIf 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 SHANKLYI wanted Liverpool to be untouchable. My idea was to build Liverpool up and up until eventually everyone would have to submit and give in.
BILL SHANKLYIf 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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