Aim for the sky and you’ll reach the ceiling. Aim for the ceiling and you’ll stay on the floor.
BILL SHANKLYThe 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.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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Fire in your belly comes from pride and passion in wearing the red shirt.
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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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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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If you can’t support us when we lose or draw, don’t support us when we win
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What can you do, playing against eleven goalposts? (after 0-0 draw at Anfield)
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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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Pressure is not the European Cup or the Championship or the Cup Final. That’s the reward.
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This city has two great teams – Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.
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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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Just go out and drop a few hand grenades all over the place, son. (to Kevin Keegan)
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If he isn’t named footballer of the year, football should be stopped and the men who picked any other player should be sent to Kremlin. (on Tommy Smith)
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The difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!
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I’m a people’s man – only the people matter.
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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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What a great day for football, all we need is some green grass and a ball.
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