I don’t drop players. I make changes.
BILL SHANKLYIf 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)
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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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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If you can’t support us when we lose or draw, don’t support us when we win
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The problem with you, son, is that all your brains are in your head. (to a Liverpool trainee)
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Chairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength.
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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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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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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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Just go out and drop a few hand grenades all over the place, son. (to Kevin Keegan)
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Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
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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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Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it’s much more serious than that.
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Train the right way. Help each other. It’s a form of socialism without the politics.
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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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My life is my work. My work is my life
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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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