Tommy Smith wasn’t born, he was quarried.
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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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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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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With him in defense, we could play Arthur Askey in goal. (after signing Ron Yeats)
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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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My life is my work. My work is my life
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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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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.
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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 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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Me having no education. I had to use my brains.
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If you get to the edge of the penalty area with the ball and don’t know what to do next, just stick the ball in the net for now. We can evaluate the other options later.
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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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The best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)
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If Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I’d draw the curtains.
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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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