I’ve been a slave to football. It follows you home, it follows you everywhere, and eats into your family life. But every working man misses out on some things because of his job.
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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Its great grass at Anfield, professional grass.
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The best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)
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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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Me having no education. I had to use my brains.
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It’s a 90 minute game for sure. In fact I used to train for a 190 minute game so that when the whistle blew at the end of the match I could have played another 90 minutes.
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The difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!
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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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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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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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If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
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Train the right way. Help each other. It’s a form of socialism without the politics.
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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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He’s not just the best centre-forward in the British Isles, but the only one. (about Ian St John)
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Ian Callaghan will go down as one of the game’s truly great players.
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The Spurs boss is an honest Yorkshireman and you will go a long way before finding a straighter character than that. Bill has never wavered in his determination to give White Hart Lane fans the best.
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