I never drop a player I only make changes.
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 don’t drop players. I make changes.
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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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My life is my work. My work is my life
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First is first,Second is nothing
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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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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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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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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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If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
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At a football club, there’s a holy trinity – the players, the manager and the supporters. Directors don’t come into it. They are only there to sign the checks.
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He’s not just the best centre-forward in the British Isles, but the only one. (about Ian St John)
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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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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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If Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I’d draw the curtains.
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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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