First is first,Second is nothing
BILL SHANKLYTommy Smith wasn’t born, he was quarried.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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Ian Callaghan will go down as one of the game’s truly great players.
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Which is the greatest quality of all. He was a true Liverpudlian who couldn’t look his fellow Scousers in the face after a game unless he’d given everything he had for 90 minutes.
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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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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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It’s to remind our lads who they’re playing for, and to remind the opposition who they’re playing against. (on the ‘This Anfield’ plaque)
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Chairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength.
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Its great grass at Anfield, professional grass.
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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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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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I was the best manager in Britain because I was never devious or cheated anyone. I’d break my wife’s legs if I played against her, but I’d never cheat her.
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The very word ‘Anfield’ means more to me than I can describe.
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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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Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
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I never drop a player I only make changes.
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The best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)
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