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
BILL SHANKLYFor 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.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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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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Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
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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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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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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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Me having no education. I had to use my brains.
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Its great grass at Anfield, professional grass.
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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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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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Pressure is not the European Cup or the Championship or the Cup Final. That’s the reward.
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What a great day for football, all we need is some green grass and a ball.
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I don’t drop players. I make changes.
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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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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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Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
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