If you can’t support us when we lose or draw, don’t support us when we win
BILL SHANKLYTommy Smith wasn’t born, he was quarried.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
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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 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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Just go out and drop a few hand grenades all over the place, son. (to Kevin Keegan)
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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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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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Chairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength.
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I’m a people’s man – only the people matter.
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Its great grass at Anfield, professional grass.
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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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Aim for the sky and you’ll reach the ceiling. Aim for the ceiling and you’ll stay on the floor.
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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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Train the right way. Help each other. It’s a form of socialism without the politics.
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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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