Above all, I would like to be remembered as a man who was selfless, who strove and worried so that others could share the glory, and who built up a family of people who could hold their heads up high and say ‘We’re Liverpool’.
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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If you can’t support us when we lose or draw, don’t support us when we win
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Tommy Smith wasn’t born, he was quarried.
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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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If a man….who’s playing in front of the public, is being well paid, and he doesn’t dedicate himself to the job, I’d be hard on him. If I could I would put him in jail, out of the road of society. Because he’s a menace
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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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Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
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Football is a simple game made complicated by people who should know better.
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My life is my work. My work is my life
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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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If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
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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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If Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I’d draw the curtains.
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First is first,Second is nothing
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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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We absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4.
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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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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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Train the right way. Help each other. It’s a form of socialism without the politics.
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Its great grass at Anfield, professional grass.
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For a player to be good enough to play for Liverpool, he must be prepared to run through a brick wall for me then come out fighting on the other side.
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I never drop a player I only make changes.
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This city has two great teams – Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.
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Aim for the sky and you’ll reach the ceiling. Aim for the ceiling and you’ll stay on the floor.
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Just go out and drop a few hand grenades all over the place, son. (to Kevin Keegan)
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The Spurs boss is an honest Yorkshireman and you will go a long way before finding a straighter character than that. Bill has never wavered in his determination to give White Hart Lane fans the best.
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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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