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.
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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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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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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Just go out and drop a few hand grenades all over the place, son. (to Kevin Keegan)
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The Spurs boss is an honest Yorkshireman and you will go a long way before finding a straighter character than that. Bill has never wavered in his determination to give White Hart Lane fans the best.
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Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
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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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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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We absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4.
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Tommy Smith wasn’t born, he was quarried.
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This city has two great teams – Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.
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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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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 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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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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