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.
BILL SHANKLYYes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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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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It’s a 90 minute game for sure. In fact I used to train for a 190 minute game so that when the whistle blew at the end of the match I could have played another 90 minutes.
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I wanted Liverpool to be untouchable. My idea was to build Liverpool up and up until eventually everyone would have to submit and give in.
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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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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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If you can’t support us when we lose or draw, don’t support us when we win
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I was the best manager in Britain because I was never devious or cheated anyone. I’d break my wife’s legs if I played against her, but I’d never cheat her.
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I’m a people’s man – only the people matter.
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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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Chairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength.
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The difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!
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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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If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
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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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Of course I didn’t take my wife to see Rochdale as an anniversary present. It was her birthday and would I have got married during the football season? Anyway, it was Rochdale reserves.
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