Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
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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Me having no education. I had to use my brains.
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The best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)
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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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Football is a simple game made complicated by people who should know better.
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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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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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I would have played Tom Finney in his overcoat – there would have been four men marking him when we were kickin’ in.
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Chairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength.
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I never drop a player I only make changes.
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Football is a simple game based on the giving and taking of passes, of controlling the ball and of making yourself available to receive a pass. It is terribly simple.
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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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Its great grass at Anfield, professional grass.
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What can you do, playing against eleven goalposts? (after 0-0 draw at Anfield)
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Pressure is not the European Cup or the Championship or the Cup Final. That’s the reward.
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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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