I’m a people’s man – only the people matter.
BILL SHANKLYIf Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I’d draw the curtains.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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Of course I didn’t take my wife to see Rochdale as an anniversary present. It was her birthday and would I have got married during the football season? Anyway, it was Rochdale reserves.
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With him in defense, we could play Arthur Askey in goal. (after signing Ron Yeats)
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Chairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength.
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Pressure is working down the pit. Pressure is having no work at all. Pressure is trying to escape relegation on 50 shillings a week.
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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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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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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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I don’t drop players. I make changes.
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Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
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Fire in your belly comes from pride and passion in wearing the red shirt.
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Forget the Beatles and all the rest. This is the real Liverpool sound. It’s real singing, and it’s what the Kop is all about.
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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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I have been received more warmly by Everton than I have by Liverpool. It is scandalous that I should have to write these things about the club that I helped build into what it is today.
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I never drop a player I only make changes.
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If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
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