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)
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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Aim for the sky and you’ll reach the ceiling. Aim for the ceiling and you’ll stay on the floor.
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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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The very word ‘Anfield’ means more to me than I can describe.
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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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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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I don’t drop players. I make changes.
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What a great day for football, all we need is some green grass and a ball.
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I never drop a player I only make changes.
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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’ve been a slave to football. It follows you home, it follows you everywhere, and eats into your family life. But every working man misses out on some things because of his job.
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The best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)
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Although I’m a Scot, I’d be proud to be called a Scouser.
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If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
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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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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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