The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.
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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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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Tommy Smith wasn’t born, he was quarried.
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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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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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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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My idea was to build Liverpool into a bastion of invincibility. Had Napoleon had that idea he would have conquered the bloody world.
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If he isn’t named footballer of the year, football should be stopped and the men who picked any other player should be sent to Kremlin. (on Tommy Smith)
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With him in defense, we could play Arthur Askey in goal. (after signing Ron Yeats)
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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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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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Although I’m a Scot, I’d be proud to be called a Scouser.
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Football is a simple game made complicated by people who should know better.
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What can you do, playing against eleven goalposts? (after 0-0 draw at Anfield)
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The very word ‘Anfield’ means more to me than I can describe.
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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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