When I’ve got nothing better to do, I look down the league table to see how Everton are getting along.
BILL SHANKLYMy life is my work. My work is my life
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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I never drop a player I only make changes.
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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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Chairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength.
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My life is my work. My work is my life
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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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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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I have been received more warmly by Everton than I have by Liverpool. It is scandalous that I should have to write these things about the club that I helped build into what it is today.
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Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
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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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The problem with you, son, is that all your brains are in your head. (to a Liverpool trainee)
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Tommy Smith wasn’t born, he was quarried.
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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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Although I’m a Scot, I’d be proud to be called a Scouser.
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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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