I’m a people’s man – only the people matter.
BILL SHANKLYPressure is not the European Cup or the Championship or the Cup Final. That’s the reward.
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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The best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)
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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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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)
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Football is a simple game made complicated by people who should know better.
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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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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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Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it’s much more serious than that.
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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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Chairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength.
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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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I never drop a player I only make changes.
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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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Its great grass at Anfield, professional grass.
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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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