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)
BILL SHANKLYIt’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.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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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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Football is a simple game made complicated by people who should know better.
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Tommy Smith wasn’t born, he was quarried.
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Although I’m a Scot, I’d be proud to be called a Scouser.
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The very word ‘Anfield’ means more to me than I can describe.
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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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Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
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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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We don’t need to motivate players because each of them is responsible for the performance of the team as a whole. The status of Liverpool’s players keeps them motivated.
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When I’ve got nothing better to do, I look down the league table to see how Everton are getting along.
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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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The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.
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Chairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength.
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Fire in your belly comes from pride and passion in wearing the red shirt.
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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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