The difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!
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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What can you do, playing against eleven goalposts? (after 0-0 draw at Anfield)
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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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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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Chairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength.
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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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Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
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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.
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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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Pressure is not the European Cup or the Championship or the Cup Final. That’s the reward.
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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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If Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I’d draw the curtains.
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Its great grass at Anfield, professional grass.
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Football is a simple game based on the giving and taking of passes, of controlling the ball and of making yourself available to receive a pass. It is terribly simple.
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Ian Callaghan will go down as one of the game’s truly great players.
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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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