Just go out and drop a few hand grenades all over the place, son. (to Kevin Keegan)
BILL SHANKLYOf 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.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
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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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The problem with you, son, is that all your brains are in your head. (to a Liverpool trainee)
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It’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)
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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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First is first,Second is nothing
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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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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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Its great grass at Anfield, professional grass.
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I don’t drop players. I make changes.
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Tommy Smith wasn’t born, he was quarried.
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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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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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It’s a 90 minute game for sure. In fact I used to train for a 190 minute game so that when the whistle blew at the end of the match I could have played another 90 minutes.
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