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.
BILL SHANKLYIf you get to the edge of the penalty area with the ball and don’t know what to do next, just stick the ball in the net for now. We can evaluate the other options later.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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Although I’m a Scot, I’d be proud to be called a Scouser.
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I’m a people’s man – only the people matter.
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I don’t drop players. I make changes.
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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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At a football club, there’s a holy trinity – the players, the manager and the supporters. Directors don’t come into it. They are only there to sign the checks.
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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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Fire in your belly comes from pride and passion in wearing the red shirt.
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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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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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First is first,Second is nothing
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If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
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If you can’t support us when we lose or draw, don’t support us when we win
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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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We absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4.
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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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