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.
BILL SHANKLYAlthough I’m a Scot, I’d be proud to be called a Scouser.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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If a man….who’s playing in front of the public, is being well paid, and he doesn’t dedicate himself to the job, I’d be hard on him. If I could I would put him in jail, out of the road of society. Because he’s a menace
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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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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’ve had many skilful men and the likes of Peter Thompson, Ian St John, Kevin Keegan and Steve Heighway were the ones who caught the eye. But the best professional of the lot was Gerry Byrne.
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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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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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If Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I’d draw the curtains.
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The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.
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The difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!
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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 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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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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I’m a people’s man – only the people matter.
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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 life is my work. My work is my life
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