Train the right way. Help each other. It’s a form of socialism without the politics.
BILL SHANKLYTommy Smith wasn’t born, he was quarried.
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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Its great grass at Anfield, professional grass.
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I’m a people’s man – only the people matter.
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A football team is like a piano. You need eight men to carry it and three who can play the damn thing.
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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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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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The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.
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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 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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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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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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Me having no education. I had to use my brains.
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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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The best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)
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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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