With him in defense, we could play Arthur Askey in goal. (after signing Ron Yeats)
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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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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Train the right way. Help each other. It’s a form of socialism without the politics.
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What a great day for football, all we need is some green grass and a ball.
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Of course I didn’t take my wife to see Rochdale as an anniversary present. It was her birthday and would I have got married during the football season? Anyway, it was Rochdale reserves.
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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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At a football club, there’s a holy trinity – the players, the manager and the supporters. Directors don’t come into it. They are only there to sign the checks.
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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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I’ve had many skilful men and the likes of Peter Thompson, Ian St John, Kevin Keegan and Steve Heighway were the ones who caught the eye. But the best professional of the lot was Gerry Byrne.
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Although I’m a Scot, I’d be proud to be called a Scouser.
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We absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4.
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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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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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If Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I’d draw the curtains.
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Me having no education. I had to use my brains.
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Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
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Pressure is not the European Cup or the Championship or the Cup Final. That’s the reward.
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The best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)
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The very word ‘Anfield’ means more to me than I can describe.
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I never drop a player I only make changes.
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What can you do, playing against eleven goalposts? (after 0-0 draw at Anfield)
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Tommy Smith wasn’t born, he was quarried.
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I’m a people’s man – only the people matter.
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I would have played Tom Finney in his overcoat – there would have been four men marking him when we were kickin’ in.
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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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It’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.
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Fire in your belly comes from pride and passion in wearing the red shirt.
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