Train the right way. Help each other. It’s a form of socialism without the politics.
BILL SHANKLYAbove all, I would like to be remembered as a man who was selfless, who strove and worried so that others could share the glory, and who built up a family of people who could hold their heads up high and say ‘We’re Liverpool’.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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With him in defense, we could play Arthur Askey in goal. (after signing Ron Yeats)
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I have been received more warmly by Everton than I have by Liverpool. It is scandalous that I should have to write these things about the club that I helped build into what it is today.
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Me having no education. I had to use my brains.
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If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
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What a great day for football, all we need is some green grass and a ball.
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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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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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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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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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It’s a 90 minute game for sure. In fact I used to train for a 190 minute game so that when the whistle blew at the end of the match I could have played another 90 minutes.
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My life is my work. My work is my life
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Well the Kop’s exclusive. The Spion Kop at Liverpool is an institution. And if you are a member of the Kop you feel as if you are a member of a big society where you’ve got thousands of friends all roundabout you. And they’re united and loyal.
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When I’ve got nothing better to do, I look down the league table to see how Everton are getting along.
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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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Fire in your belly comes from pride and passion in wearing the red shirt.
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