The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.
BILL SHANKLYChairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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Its great grass at Anfield, professional grass.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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What can you do, playing against eleven goalposts? (after 0-0 draw at Anfield)
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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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Although I’m a Scot, I’d be proud to be called a Scouser.
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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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I don’t drop players. I make changes.
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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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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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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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