I’m a people’s man – only the people matter.
BILL SHANKLYThe trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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With him in defense, we could play Arthur Askey in goal. (after signing Ron Yeats)
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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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What can you do, playing against eleven goalposts? (after 0-0 draw at Anfield)
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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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A football team is like a piano. You need eight men to carry it and three who can play the damn thing.
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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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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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Which is the greatest quality of all. He was a true Liverpudlian who couldn’t look his fellow Scousers in the face after a game unless he’d given everything he had for 90 minutes.
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Tommy Smith wasn’t born, he was quarried.
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I’ve had many skilful men and the likes of Peter Thompson, Ian St John, Kevin Keegan and Steve Heighway were the ones who caught the eye. But the best professional of the lot was Gerry Byrne.
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Ian Callaghan will go down as one of the game’s truly great players.
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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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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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Pressure is not the European Cup or the Championship or the Cup Final. That’s the reward.
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What a great day for football, all we need is some green grass and a ball.
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