I would have played Tom Finney in his overcoat – there would have been four men marking him when we were kickin’ in.
BILL SHANKLYWe 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.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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Train the right way. Help each other. It’s a form of socialism without the politics.
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We absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4.
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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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Its great grass at Anfield, professional grass.
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Football is a simple game made complicated by people who should know better.
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First is first,Second is nothing
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He wasn’t flashy and he wouldn’t score you goals. But he was hard and skilful and gave you everything he had. More than that he was totally honest.
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This city has two great teams – Liverpool and Liverpool 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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Chairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength.
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I’ve been a slave to football. It follows you home, it follows you everywhere, and eats into your family life. But every working man misses out on some things because of his job.
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If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
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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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If you can’t support us when we lose or draw, don’t support us when we win
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For a player to be good enough to play for Liverpool, he must be prepared to run through a brick wall for me then come out fighting on the other side.
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