I never drop a player I only make changes.
BILL SHANKLYPressure is working down the pit. Pressure is having no work at all. Pressure is trying to escape relegation on 50 shillings a week.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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First is first,Second is nothing
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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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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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With him in defense, we could play Arthur Askey in goal. (after signing Ron Yeats)
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The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.
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Well the Kop’s exclusive. The Spion Kop at Liverpool is an institution. And if you are a member of the Kop you feel as if you are a member of a big society where you’ve got thousands of friends all roundabout you. And they’re united and loyal.
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Although I’m a Scot, I’d be proud to be called a Scouser.
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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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I’m a people’s man – only the people matter.
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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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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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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’.
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Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
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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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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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