I’m a people’s man – only the people matter.
BILL SHANKLYForget 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.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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I would have played Tom Finney in his overcoat – there would have been four men marking him when we were kickin’ in.
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My idea was to build Liverpool into a bastion of invincibility. Had Napoleon had that idea he would have conquered the bloody world.
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I never drop a player I only make changes.
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We absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4.
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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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Chairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength.
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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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Its great grass at Anfield, professional grass.
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Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
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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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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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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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The socialism I believe in isn’t really politics. It is a way of living. It is humanity. I believe the only way to live and to be truly successful is by collective effort, with everyone working for each other,.
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I’ve been a slave to football. It follows you home, it follows you everywhere, and eats into your family life. But every working man misses out on some things because of his job.
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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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