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.
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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A football team is like a piano. You need eight men to carry it and three who can play the damn thing.
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The Spurs boss is an honest Yorkshireman and you will go a long way before finding a straighter character than that. Bill has never wavered in his determination to give White Hart Lane fans the best.
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First is first,Second is nothing
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With him in defense, we could play Arthur Askey in goal. (after signing Ron Yeats)
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If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
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If Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I’d draw the curtains.
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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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We 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.
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The best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)
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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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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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Fire in your belly comes from pride and passion in wearing the red shirt.
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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 (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
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Although I’m a Scot, I’d be proud to be called a Scouser.
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