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.
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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Football is a simple game made complicated by people who should know better.
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Pressure is working down the pit. Pressure is having no work at all. Pressure is trying to escape relegation on 50 shillings a week.
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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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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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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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Although I’m a Scot, I’d be proud to be called a Scouser.
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The socialism I believe in isn’t really politics. It is a way of living. It is humanity. I believe the only way to live and to be truly successful is by collective effort, with everyone working for each other,.
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If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
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Fire in your belly comes from pride and passion in wearing the red shirt.
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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’m a people’s man – only the people matter.
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Train the right way. Help each other. It’s a form of socialism without the politics.
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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 never drop a player I only make changes.
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