Football is a simple game made complicated by people who should know better.
BILL SHANKLYWith him in defense, we could play Arthur Askey in goal. (after signing Ron Yeats)
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
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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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He’s not just the best centre-forward in the British Isles, but the only one. (about Ian St John)
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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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What can you do, playing against eleven goalposts? (after 0-0 draw at Anfield)
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Although I’m a Scot, I’d be proud to be called a Scouser.
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Train the right way. Help each other. It’s a form of socialism without the politics.
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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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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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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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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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What a great day for football, all we need is some green grass and a ball.
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We absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4.
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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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Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
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