If you can’t support us when we lose or draw, don’t support us when we win
BILL SHANKLYI’m a people’s man – only the people matter.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
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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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The problem with you, son, is that all your brains are in your head. (to a Liverpool trainee)
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If a man….who’s playing in front of the public, is being well paid, and he doesn’t dedicate himself to the job, I’d be hard on him. If I could I would put him in jail, out of the road of society. Because he’s a menace
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If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
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I never drop a player I only make changes.
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If you get to the edge of the penalty area with the ball and don’t know what to do next, just stick the ball in the net for now. We can evaluate the other options later.
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I have been received more warmly by Everton than I have by Liverpool. It is scandalous that I should have to write these things about the club that I helped build into what it is today.
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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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What a great day for football, all we need is some green grass and a ball.
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Its great grass at Anfield, professional grass.
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I don’t drop players. I make changes.
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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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He’s not just the best centre-forward in the British Isles, but the only one. (about Ian St John)
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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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