Its great grass at Anfield, professional grass.
BILL SHANKLYMy idea was to build Liverpool into a bastion of invincibility. Had Napoleon had that idea he would have conquered the bloody world.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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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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Ian Callaghan will go down as one of the game’s truly great players.
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Forget the Beatles and all the rest. This is the real Liverpool sound. It’s real singing, and it’s what the Kop is all about.
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If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
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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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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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With him in defense, we could play Arthur Askey in goal. (after signing Ron Yeats)
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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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The very word ‘Anfield’ means more to me than I can describe.
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Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
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Above all, I would like to be remembered as a man who was selfless, who strove and worried so that others could share the glory, and who built up a family of people who could hold their heads up high and say ‘We’re Liverpool’.
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Well the Kop’s exclusive. The Spion Kop at Liverpool is an institution. And if you are a member of the Kop you feel as if you are a member of a big society where you’ve got thousands of friends all roundabout you. And they’re united and loyal.
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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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My idea was to build Liverpool into a bastion of invincibility. Had Napoleon had that idea he would have conquered the bloody world.
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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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