I never drop a player I only make changes.
BILL SHANKLYThe difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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I’m a people’s man – only the people matter.
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When I’ve got nothing better to do, I look down the league table to see how Everton are getting along.
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What can you do, playing against eleven goalposts? (after 0-0 draw at Anfield)
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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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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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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.
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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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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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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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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)
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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 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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He’s not just the best centre-forward in the British Isles, but the only one. (about Ian St John)
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Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
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Although I’m a Scot, I’d be proud to be called a Scouser.
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